Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

machiavellism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: machi-avel-lism
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Machiavellianism

Example Sentences

"The theory and practice dealt with in this essay are all related to what I call Machiavellism, by which I mean the disregard of moral scruples in politics, that is, the political use, limited only by expediency, of every kind of deception and force."

Etymology

From Machiavelli + -ism.

Questions

What does machiavellism mean?: Machiavellianism
Where does machiavellism come from?: From Machiavelli + -ism.

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