Usually means: Manipulative strategy for power gain.
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  1. Machiavellianism: Merriam-Webster
  2. Machiavellianism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Machiavellianism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Machiavellianism: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. Machiavellianism: Wiktionary
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  9. Machiavellianism (disambiguation), Machiavellianism (politics), Machiavellianism (psychology), Machiavellianism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  12. machiavellianism: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  14. Machiavellianism: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Machiavellianism)

noun:  (philosophy, politics) The political philosophy of Machiavelli, especially the realist doctrine which emphasizes the maintenance of the state above ethical concerns.
noun:  (countable) A political maneuver that exemplifies the philosophy. Unsavory government politics.
noun:  (personality psychology) A psychological construct centered on interpersonal manipulation, lack of empathy, cold affect, and indifference to morality.

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