单词 | machiavellianism |
释义 | Machiavellianismn. The principles and practice of Machiavelli or of Machiavellians; cunning, unscrupulousness, or duplicity in behaviour (esp. in politics); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > contrivance or machination artc1300 enginec1300 compassc1320 governaila1382 subtletya1393 imaginement1543 machinationc1550 stratagem1561 designing1566 packing1587 Machiavellism1592 design1594 drifting1602 Machiavellianism1607 artifice1618 reach1641 contrivance1647 intrigue1668 designfulnessa1677 engineering1716 manoeuvring1786 scheme1790 intriguery1815 intriguing1841 footwork1902 game playing1916 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > contrivance or machination > instance of machinationa1475 ingine1531 Machiavellianism1607 intrigue1692 plant1825 angle1958 society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific political theories or doctrines > [noun] > theories or doctrines of specific person Machiavellianism1607 Monroe doctrine1849 Smithism1876 Tolstoyanism1909 Austinianism1917 Poujadism1955 1607 T. Tuke Trve Trial 19 Machiavilianisme is reputed policie: vsury of many is thought but thrift. 1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 173 Behold a notable peece of machiavillianisme. 1660 T. Salusbury in tr. D. Bartoli Learned Man defended & Reform'd Ep. Ded. sig. A5 Achitophel..deserting his Machivilianismes. 1711 W. King tr. G. Naudé Polit. Considerations Refin'd Politicks i. 19 The courts..where these Machiavilianisms are so common. 1882 F. T. Palgrave in E. Spenser Wks. (1890) IV. p. xxv The Machiavellianism of the sixteenth century. 1976 New Society 28 Oct. 213/1 Machiavelli advocated identifying what it is you want to achieve and then openly doing whatever is necessary, however unpleasant, to obtain the required result... Isn't it time we found a real alternative for Machiavellianism as a term of unscrupulousness? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1607 |
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