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Machiavellian or Machiavelian

  1. adjective, of or relating to the alleged political principles of Niccolò Machiavelli (1469--1527), Florentine statesman and political philosopher; cunning, amoral, and opportunist
  2. noun, a cunning, amoral, and opportunist person, esp a politician

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