English
Etymology
From the name of the Italian statesman and writer w:Niccolò Machiavelli|Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), whose work The Prince (1532) advises that acquiring and exercising power may require unethical methods.
Adjective
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- Attempting to achieve what one wants by cunning, scheming and unscrupulous methods.
#:Wikipedia:Iago|Iago is the Machiavellian antagonist in William Shakespeare's play, Wikipedia:Othello|Othello.
Translations
trans-top|Machiavellian
Finnish: machiavelliläinen
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Italian: machiavellico
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