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Machiavellian   /mˌɑkiəvˈɛliən/  /mˌɑkjəvˈɛliən/   Listen
Machiavellian

noun
1.
A follower of Machiavelli's principles.



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"Machiavellian" Quotes from Famous Books



... for her brother's fate, dressed and came downstairs. An agony of terror seized her when she thought that she must cross Angouleme alone on the way to the prison. Petit-Claud gave little thought to his fair client's distress. When he came back to offer his arm, it was from a tolerably Machiavellian motive; but Eve gave him credit for delicate consideration, and he allowed her to thank him for it. The little attention, at such a moment, from so hard a man, modified Mme. Sechard's ...
— Eve and David • Honore de Balzac
... autocratic vein strongly stood out even in this more sickly type of a barbarous autocracy. It is the fashion at present, at least among some who take the name of "philosophical Radicals" in vain when they curtsy before a Machiavellian tyrant, to dwell with admiring pride upon the philanthropic character of Alexander the Benevolent. All the cardinal virtues are his. He is the Liberator of the Serfs, the Deliverer of Downtrodden Nationalities, the Educator and Friend of the ...
— The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 • Various


Words linked to "Machiavellian" :   Machiavelli, follower


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