Machiavellian

(noun.) a follower of Machiavelli's principles.

(adj.) of or relating to Machiavelli or the principles of conduct he recommended; 'Machiavellian thinking' .

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• At every court there were groups of ministers and secretaries who played a Machiavellian game against their foreign rivals. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The Prince ceased to be a single and secretive Machiavellian schemer, and became merely the crowned symbol of a Machiavellian scheme. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• When the princes were themselves sufficiently clever they too were Machiavellian. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It did at least set aside the individualism of Machiavellian monarchy and declare that there was a human or at any rate a European commonweal. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The artful diplomatist and disciple of the Machiavellian Binkie! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• But Charles V was not a good Machiavellian, and he had acquired in Spain a considerable religious sincerity. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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