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adjective
- Attempting to achieve what one wants by cunning, scheming and unscrupulous methods.
- Wikipedia:Iago, Iago is the Machiavellian antagonist in William Shakespeare's play, Wikipedia:Othello, Othello.
Translations: - Italian: machiavellico
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Etymology: From the name of the Italian statesman and writer w:Niccolò Machiavelli, Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), whose work The Prince (1532) advises that acquiring and exercising power may require unethical methods.
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