MACHIAVELLIAN


Meaning of MACHIAVELLIAN in English

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

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.