Examples of 'machiavellian' in a sentence
Meaning of "machiavellian"
Machiavellian refers to the use of cunning and deceitful methods in politics, named after the Italian political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli
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- Attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods, especially in politics or in advancing one's career.
- Related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli.
- A ruthless schemer.
- Alternative form of Machiavellian
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The whole challenge is very machiavellian in a way.
Machiavellian intelligence of primates and evolution of social brain.
Modern business is more machiavellian then ever.
Machiavellian but true.
You can execute your little machiavellian maneuvers.
Machiavellian intriguers whose only desire is the destruction of the nobility of this country.
And then we can discuss your machiavellian designs.
They are machiavellian little shits.
My furious siblings to join my machiavellian plan.
I suppose there is a Machiavellian ingenuity to your transgression.
Zaharoff then got to work with his own machiavellian.
I have a machiavellian idea.
Enter a world built by masters of the theatrical and machiavellian engineers.
Looked like my Machiavellian plan was working.
Your favourite serial killer returns with an even more machiavellian final opus.
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But my Machiavellian wiles do not end there.
The good and the bad of machiavellian leadership.
This Machiavellian approach seems to have worked.
We know that the bourgeoisie is machiavellian but there are limits.
The Machiavellian strategy confuses strength with power.
Morally stunted and machiavellian.
He is a Machiavellian control freak who purposely and premeditatedly.
Harper is not a chess piece in some machiavellian game you are imagining.
The Machiavellian alliance comes with a price tag.
Lago was positively machiavellian.
I see a Machiavellian look in your eye.
Lorenzo plays the role of a Machiavellian villain.
I saw a Machiavellian streak that would make failure an impossibility.
There is always that Machiavellian side to you.
The thrust of this misleading impression is Machiavellian.
The bourgeoisie is a Machiavellian and cynical class.
I find this whole thing to be quite Machiavellian.
I feel a little Machiavellian about this one.
My predictability only played into their Machiavellian plan.
Dry seems to be a Machiavellian with good intentions.
He may well underestimate the depths of your Machiavellian chicanery.
I am not nearly as Machiavellian as you imagine me to be.
It is never permissible to act in a Machiavellian manner.
It would be positively Machiavellian if this is indeed what she is up to.
You really are the brains in this Machiavellian scheme.
I am very Machiavellian when it comes to masking tape and string.
Bullying behaviours seem stoked by Machiavellian motivations.
They are quite Machiavellian in their political games and treachery.
I believe it is much more Machiavellian than that.
Of machinations so Machiavellian that it has rarely been my experience to encounter.
The third reason is a more Machiavellian one.
This level of Machiavellian trickery may seem hard to believe.
Physical ability combined with a Machiavellian intelligence.
His Machiavellian plan was such that he managed to get me out of stress.
The man quoted in a deep Machiavellian voice.
