Machiavellian
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Machiavellian
adj 1: of or relating to Machiavelli or the principles of
conduct he recommended; "Machiavellian thinking"
n 1: a follower of Machiavelli's principles
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Machiavelian \Mach`i*a*vel"ian\, Machiavellian
\Mach`i*a*vel"lian\, a. [From Machiavel (also called
Machiavelli), an Italian writer, secretary and
historiographer to the republic of Florence.]
Of or pertaining to Machiavelli, or to his supposed
principles for conduct of government, as enunciated in his
tract The Prince; politically cunning; characterized by
duplicity, political expediency, unscrupulous cunning, or bad
faith; crafty.
[1913 Webster +PJC] Machiavelian
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
155 Moby Thesaurus words for "Machiavellian":
Artful Dodger, Byzantine, Casanova, Don Juan, Machiavel,
Machiavelli, Machiavellianist, Machiavellic, actor, acute,
ambidextrous, arch, artful, astute, bamboozler, befuddler,
beguiler, behind-the-scenes operator, cagey, calculating, canny,
charmer, clever, coconspirator, collusive, connivent, conniver,
conniving, conspirator, conspirer, conspiring, contriving,
counterfeiter, counterplotter, crafty, crooked, cunning, cute,
deceitful, deceiver, deep, deep-laid, deluder, designing, diplomat,
diplomatic, diplomatist, dishonest, dissembler, dissimulator,
dodger, double, double-dealer, double-dealing, double-faced,
double-minded, double-tongued, doublehearted, duper, duplicitous,
eminence grise, enchanter, entrancer, exploiter, faithless, faker,
false, false-principled, falsehearted, feline, finagler, fooler,
forger, foxy, gamesman, gay deceiver, gray eminence, guileful,
hoaxer, hypnotizer, influence peddler, ingenious, insidious,
intrigant, intriguer, intriguing, inventive, jilt, jilter, joker,
jokester, kidder, kingmaker, knowing, leg-puller, logroller,
machinator, maneuverer, mesmerizer, misleader, operator,
opportunist, pawky, perfidious, plagiarist, plagiarizer, playactor,
plotter, plotting, politic, political realist, politician,
pork-barrel politician, power broker, practical joker, ragger,
ready, resourceful, role-player, schemer, scheming, seducer,
serpentine, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, smooth,
snaky, sneaky, sophistical, spoofer, stealthy, stratagemical,
strategic, strategist, subtile, subtle, supple, tactical, tease,
teaser, treacherous, trickish, tricksy, tricky, two-faced, up to,
vulpine, wary, wheeler-dealer, wily, wire-puller
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