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The political doctrine of Machiavelli any means (however unscrupulous) can be used by a ruler in order to create and maintain his autocratic government
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machiavellianism
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Machiavellianism is "the employment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct". The word comes from the Italian Renaissance diplomat and writer Niccolò Machiavelli , who wrote Il Principe ( The Prince ), among other works. In modern psychology, ...
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Machiavelism \Mach"i*a*vel*ism\, Machiavellianism \Mach`i*a*vel"lian*ism\, n. [Cf. F. machiav['e]lisme; It. machiavellismo.] The supposed principles of Machiavelli, or practice in conformity to them; political artifice, intended to favor arbitrary ...