Tom is a very Machiavellian person.
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Machiavellian
//ˌmɑk.i.əˈvɛl.i.ən//
Synonyms for "machiavellian" (167 found)
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Noun(3 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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8 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مَكْيافِلِّيّ adj (attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods)
Armenian
2 entries- մաքիավելյան adj (attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods)
- մաքիավելյան adj (related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli)
Bulgarian
1 entries- лукав adj (attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods)
Catalan
1 entries- maquiavèl·lic adj (attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods)
Danish
2 entries- machiavellistisk adj (attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods)
- machiavellistisk adj (related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli)
Esperanto
1 entries- makiavela adj (attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods)
Finnish
4 entries- häikäilemätön adj (attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods)
- machiavellilainen adj (attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods)
- machiavellilainen adj (related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli)
- machiavellimainen adj (attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods)
French
2 entries- machiavélien adj (related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli)
- machiavélique adj (attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods)
German
1 entries- machiavellistisch adj (attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods)
Greek
2 entries- μακιαβελικός adj (attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods)
- μακιαβελικός adj (related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli)
Italian
2 entries- machiavelliano adj (related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli)
- machiavellico adj (attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods)
Portuguese
2 entries- maquiaveliano adj (related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli)
- maquiavélico adj (attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods)
Romanian
1 entries- machiavelic adj (attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods)
Russian
2 entries- макиавеллистический adj (attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods)
- макиавеллистический adj (related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli)
Spanish
2 entries- maquiavélico adj (attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods)
- maquiavélico adj (related to the philosophical system of Niccolò Machiavelli)
Swedish
1 entries- machiavellisk adj (attempting to achieve goals by cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous methods)
Sample sentences
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The Algerian banana republic accuses without shame Western countries such as France, Israel and the United States of conspiracy because it is itself conspiracy and Machiavellian. Isn't it said that the evil one sees the evil everywhere?
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Was Machiavelli really that Machiavellian?
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Your enemies know machiavellian politics.
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