MACHIAVELIAN

Meaning of MACHIAVELIAN in English

noun one who adopts the principles of machiavel; a cunning and unprincipled politician.

2. machiavelian ·adj of or pertaining to machiavel, or to his supposed principles; politically cunning; characterized by duplicity or bad faith; crafty.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

MACHIAVELIAN — (n.) One who adopts the principles of Machiavel; a cunning and unprincipled politician.
Английский словарь Webster
MACHIAVELIAN — (a.) Of or pertaining to Machiavel, or to his supposed principles; politically cunning; characterized by duplicity or bad faith; crafty.
Английский словарь Webster
MACHIAVELIAN — ( n. ) One who adopts the principles of Machiavel; a cunning and unprincipled politician.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MACHIAVELIAN — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to Machiavel, or to his supposed principles; politically cunning; characterized by duplicity or bad …
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MACHIAVELIAN — adj. of or pertaining to Machiavelli; of or pertaining to the political methods recommended by Machiavelli; scheming, deceptive, manipulative
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MACHIAVELIAN — n. one who adheres to the principles developed by Machiavelli (particularly in regards to political manipulation and deception); cunning and …
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MACHIAVELIAN — a. Artful, designing, insidious, sly, shrewd, astute, subtle, diplomatic, arch, intriguing, cunning, crafty, wily, crooked, tricky, deceitful.
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MACHIAVELLIAN — — Machiavellianism, Machiavellism , n. — Machiavellianly , adv. /mak'ee euh vel"ee euhn/ , adj. 1. of, like, or befitting …
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CUNNING — I . a. 1. Crafty, artful, sly, astute, subtle, wily, shrewd, sharp, designing, intriguing, deceitful, tricky, crooked, diplomatic, Machiavelian. 2. …
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WILY — a. Insidious, artful, cunning, sly, crafty, subtle, arch, designing, deceitful, treacherous, trickish, tricky, intriguing, politic, foxy, snaky, crooked, diplomatic, Machiavelian.
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SUBTLE — a. 1. Crafty, cunning, artful, sly, wily, arch, astute, designing, intriguing, insinuating, crooked, tricky, diplomatic, Machiavelian, sophistical, Jesuitical. 2. Cunning, …
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SHREWD — a. 1. Evil, iniquitous, bad. 2. Vixenish, scolding, shrewish. 3. Vexatious, annoying, troublesome, painful, mischievous, malicious. 4. Artful, cunning, sly, …
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POLITIC — a. 1. Civil, ~al, civic. 2. Wise, prudent, judicious, discreet, sagacious, prudential, wary, provident, astute, long-headed. 3. Artful, cunning, shrewd, …
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JESUITICAL — a. 1. Of the Jesuits. 2. [ A sense introduced by partisans hostile to the Jesuits .] Crafty, cunning, wily, …
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INTRIGUING — a. Cunning, crafty, artful, sly, wily, subtle, insidious, designing, arch, deceitful, trickish, tricky, crooked, diplomatic, politic, foxy, snaky, Machiavelian.
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INSIDIOUS — a. 1. Artful, sly, wily, guileful, arch, crafty, cunning, subtle, intriguing, designing, deceitful, treacherous, crooked, trickish, tricky, foxy, snaky, diplomatic, …
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DESIGNING — a. Crafty, insidious, deceitful, artful, intriguing, sly, wily, astute, subtle, cunning, arch, trickish, tricky, treacherous, crooked, diplomatic, Machiavelian.
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CROOKED — a. 1. Bent, curved, bowed, winding. 2. Distorted, twisted, wry, awry, askew, deformed, disfigured. 3. Perverse, contumacious, self-willed, capricious, froward. …
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CRAFTY — a. Cunning, artful, deceitful, sly, arch, subtle, shrewd, wily, intriguing, tricky, crooked, diplomatic, Machiavelian.
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ARTFUL — a. Cunning, crafty, wily, subtle, insidious, designing, intriguing, politic, diplomatic, Machiavelian, deceitful, trickish, tricky, sly, foxy, snaky.
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