Machiavellian Synonyms

măk'ē-ə-vĕl'ē-ən

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Synonyms for Machiavellian

crafty
The definition of crafty is someone who is sly, clever and deceitful at achieving some goal, or someone or something related to making creative objects.
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cunning
The definition of cunning is something done with ingenuity or clever deception.
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ambitious
Hard to achieve.
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deceitful
The definition of deceitful is someone or something intentionally untruthful or intended to mislead.
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foxy
(Slang) Attractive, stylish, etc.; specif., sexually attractive
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tricky
Given to or characterized by trickery; deceitful
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unscrupulous
Without scruples; immoral.
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treacherous
Deceitful; inclined to betray.
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Words Related to Machiavellian

sly
Skillful at trickery or deceit; crafty; wily
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fascistic
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devious
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Machiavellian Sentence Examples

  • But this Machiavellian prince was the genuine son of St Louis.

  • To say that the government deliberately adopted the Machiavellian policy of mastering the revolution by setting race against race would be to pay too high a compliment to its capacity.

  • My Machiavellian mind makes me think that someone could create merry hell with this.

  • The international position of the Ottoman empire was strengthened by the able, if Machiavellian, statecraft of the sultan; while the danger of disruption from within was lessened by the more effective central control made possible by railways, telegraphs, and the other mechanical improvements borrowed from western civilization.

  • But before referring to this last proof of the Machiavellian skill of the great Corsican in dealing with plots, it is needful to notice the events which brought him into collision with the British nation.

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