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Machiavellian
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If you describe someone as Machiavellian, you are critical of them because they often make clever and secret plans to achieve their aims and are not honest with people. ...Machiavellian republicans plotting to destabilise the throne... A Machiavellian plot was suspected. = devious ADJ: usu ADJ n c darkgreen]disapproval
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adjective Etymology: Niccolo Machiavelli Date: 1572 1. of or relating to Machiavelli or ~ism 2. suggesting the principles of conduct laid down by Machiavelli; specifically marked by cunning, duplicity, or bad faith • ~ noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. elaborately cunning; scheming, unscrupulous. Derivatives machiavellianism n. Etymology: N. dei Machiavelli, Florentine statesman and political writer d. 1527, who advocated resort to morally questionable methods in the interests of the State ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. последователь принципов Макиавелли 2. беспринципный политик 3. макиавеллиевский, макиавеллистический 4. хитроумный; бессовестный, бесчестный; беспринципный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1568, from Niccolo Machiavelli (d.1527), Florentine statesman and author of "Del Principe," a work advising rulers to place advantage above morality. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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