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machiavellianism

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for machiavellianism.

Editorial note

It would be better to promote Machiavellianism in children so they are better equipped for harsh realities of life.

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Quick take

(countable) A political maneuver that exemplifies the philosophy. Unsavory government politics.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of machiavellianism gathered in one view.

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.

noun

(philosophy, politics) The political philosophy of Machiavelli, especially the realist doctrine which emphasizes the maintenance of the state above ethical concerns.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for machiavellianism.

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.

noun

(philosophy, politics) The political philosophy of Machiavelli, especially the realist doctrine which emphasizes the maintenance of the state above ethical concerns.

Example sentences

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It would be better to promote Machiavellianism in children so they are better equipped for harsh realities of life.

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You don't think Machiavellianism would be overrepresented in a group selected in this way?

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But the company's divisions were siloed and competed against each other in a way that makes Microsoft machiavellianism seem like a Sunday picnic.

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The reason Machiavellianism is stupid is that the grand ends the means aim to obtain often never come to pass, but the awful things done in pursuit of them certainly do.

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Even so, I don't want to accept Machiavellianism or the Dark Enlightenment.

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It refers to 3 seemingly genetic personality traits (narcissism, psychopathy, and machiavellianism) that, although extremely undesirable, are in our genome because they provided a reproductive advantage, especially in men.

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> The reason Machiavellianism is stupid is that the grand ends the means aim to obtain often never come to pass That doesn't feel quite right as an explanation.

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They didn’t know what the dark triad of personality flaws was, narcissism, psychopathy, and machiavellianism (yes, I understand it’s an erroneous label, but it’s the one used).

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Blackmail, lying, cunning, manipulation, backstabbing, machiavellianism, etc, You need to be intelligent at these, above all else.

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Well, then the theory that they are stupid is false, since at the least they are very smart at blackmail, lying, cunning, manipulation, backstabbing, machiavellianism, etc.

Quote examples

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It's called "Machiavellianism" and they make probably with worst places on the planet to work outside of a traditional leather factory.

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Goliath hierarchies select for assholes — or, to use Kemp’s preferred epithet, “dark triad” personalities: people with high levels of psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism.

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Edit: found a country table for Machiavellianism/narcissism, I don't fully understand what it says, but numbers columns "M" (mildly) correlates with "D" above.

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“Evil” is not a medical diagnosis but the classical understanding of evil does overlap quite strongly with the so-called “dark triad” of personality disorders of antisocial personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder and machiavellianism.

Proper noun examples

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Algorithms do not possess ethics nor morality[0] and therefore cannot engage in Machiavellianism[1].

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From studies of how our primate cousins lie to each other in the never-ending game of Get The Banana to every day Machiavellianism.

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And I think this is even less true when we consider the typical connotation of Machiavellianism, which is through 'evil' actions.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use machiavellianism in a sentence?

It would be better to promote Machiavellianism in children so they are better equipped for harsh realities of life.

What does machiavellianism mean?

(countable) A political maneuver that exemplifies the philosophy. Unsavory government politics.

What part of speech is machiavellianism?

machiavellianism is commonly used as noun.