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machiavelism
Part of speech: NounPolitical cunning and artifice intended to advance arbitrary power.
Usage examples "machiavelism":- But our history has a more interesting close; the subtle Machiavelism of the first challenger! - "Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)", Isaac Disraeli.
- As, in the studies of her youth, she had adopted the Machiavelism of ancient State- craft as a rule admissible in private life, so she seemed scarcely to admit as a crime that which was but the removal of a barrier between her aim and her end. - "Lucretia, Complete", Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
- Manoeuvring is a detailed account of the machinations of a certain Mrs. Beaumont, a country lady, who expends a great deal of Machiavelism, left- handed wisdom and intrigue upon the projects of her children's marriages, and also upon securing to her family the fortune of an old gentleman who never had a thought of disposing of it otherwise. - "Maria Edgeworth", Helen Zimmern.