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MACHIAVELLIANISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The political doctrine of Machiavelli: any means (however unscrupulous) can be used by a ruler in order to create and maintain his autocratic government
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Machiavellianism" is a kind of...):
autocracy (a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual)