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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Machiavelian \Mach`i*a*vel"ian\, Machiavellian
  \Mach`i*a*vel"lian\, n.
     One who adopts the principles of Machiavelli; a cunning and
     unprincipled politician.
     [1913 Webster] Machiavelism



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Machiavellian
       adj : of or relating to Machiavelli or the principles of conduct
             he recommended; "Machiavellian thinking"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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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