adj. elaborately cunning; scheming, unscrupulous. machiavellianism n.
[ N. dei Machiavelli, Florentine statesman and political writer d. 1527, who advocated resort to morally questionable methods in the interests of the State ]
adj. elaborately cunning; scheming, unscrupulous. machiavellianism n.
[ N. dei Machiavelli, Florentine statesman and political writer d. 1527, who advocated resort to morally questionable methods in the interests of the State ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012