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Machiavellianism

{

Mach′i-a-vel-ism

,

Machˊi-a-vel′lian-ism

, }
Noun.
[Cf. F.
machiavélisme
; It.
machiavellismo
.]
The supposed principles of
Machiavelli
, or practice in conformity to them; political artifice, intended to favor arbitrary power.