Cosa (chi) è MACHIAVELLIAN - definizione
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY NAMED AFTER AND POSED BY NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI: TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF A STATE THE RULER SHOULD NOT FEEL HIMSELF BOUND BY ANY CONSIDERATIONS OF JUSTICE AND HUMANITY AS IT IS TOO PRECIOUS AN INSTITUTION TO ENDANGER BY SCRUPLES
Machiavellian
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 [disapproval]
Machiavellian
[?mak??'v?l??n]
¦ adjective cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, especially in politics.
¦ noun (also Machiavelli) a Machiavellian person.
Derivatives
Machiavellianism noun
Origin
from the name of the Italian statesman and writer Niccolo Machiavelli, whose work The Prince (1532) advises that the acquisition and use of power may necessitate unethical methods.
Machiavellianism (politics)
Machiavellianism is widely defined as the political philosophy of the Italian Renaissance diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli.
Wikipedia
Machiavellianism (politics)
Machiavellianism is widely defined as the political philosophy of the Italian Renaissance diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli.
Esempi di pronuncia per MACHIAVELLIAN
1. of Machiavellian mastery.
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2. call the Machiavellian strategist.
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3. that was rather Machiavellian.
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4. It sounds Machiavellian inherently.
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5. NAOMI KRAUS: Machiavellian.
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Esempi dal corpus di testo per MACHIAVELLIAN
1. Is he a ruthless Machiavellian or a bumbling puppet?
2. Mr Taylor said: ‘This is not a Machiavellian plot.
3. More Machiavellian calculations could also tempt him to opt for the autumn.
4. "You are a Machiavellian genius!" cheers Tim Doyle, somewhat strangely upon my arrival.
5. You wonder how Machiavellian the Republicans‘ conservative wing will let the party be. postchat@aol.com