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Machiavellism

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Noun
  1. 1
    Machiavellianism

    "The theory and practice dealt with in this essay are all related to what I call Machiavellism, by which I mean the disregard of moral scruples in politics, that is, the political use, limited only by expediency, of every kind of deception and force."

Etymology

From Machiavelli + -ism.

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