Machiavellian

 
Pronunciation: /ˌmakɪəˈvɛlɪən/

adjective

  • cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, especially in politics: a whole range of outrageous Machiavellian manoeuvres

noun

  • a person who schemes in a Machiavellian way.

Derivatives

Machiavellianism

noun

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Remember that Machiavellian is spelled with Machia- at the beginning; it comes from the name of the Italian statesman Niccolò Machiavelli.