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Machiavellian

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Machiavellian rate
(Verb) politically cunning
Machiavellian rate
(Verb) of or pertaining to Machiavelli's views on power; The Prince
Usage: Western culture has a Machiavellian philosophy.

Machiavellian rate
(Adjective) conspiratorial
Usage: They used Machiavellian tactics to conspire.

Machiavellian rate
(Adjective) Of ultra-realist, ultra-cynical amoral politics.
Usage: At least one historian has suggested that The Prince, Machiavelli's classic work, had to be a joke because every time someone followed one of Machiavelli's schemes it didn't work, he soon died of a fever or was murdered, etc.

Machiavellian rate
(Noun) one who has the attitude that the end justifies the means
Machiavellian rate
(Adjective) Distrustful governing
Usage: Running a Machiavellian type government


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