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Макиаве́ли — meaning in English

Makiaveli

Bulgarian → English · translate English → Bulgarian instead

English meaning

  • Machiavelli noun A person who schemes and manipulates others cunningly and without moral scruple, in order to gain or hold power.

Senses

Макиаве́ли is used for these senses in English:

  • Machiavelli Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), Italian statesman and writer, whose work The Prince (1532) advises that acquiring and exercising power may require unethical methods.