Machiavellianism

English

Alternative forms

• Machiavelianism
• Machiavellism

Etymology

Machiavellian +‎ -ism

Noun

Machiavellianism (countable and uncountable, plural Machiavellianisms)

1. (philosophy, politics) A political philosophy, based on the writings of Machiavelli, especially The Prince, that advocates the use of ruthlessness and duplicity in political dealings.

   Synonyms: realpolitik, Machiavellism

   • 2001, Tim Spiekerman, Shakespeare's Political Realism: The English History Plays, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 54:

     Let us turn, finally, to the war itself, and ask ourselves if it can be understood as the victory of decency over Machiavellianism.

2. (countable) A political maneuver that exemplifies the philosophy.
3. (personality psychology) A psychological trait centered on interpersonal manipulation, unemotional coldness, and indifference to morality.
   • 2011, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Sophie von Stumm, Adrian Furnham, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

     Machiavellianism refers to interpersonal strategies that advocate self-interest, deception, and manipulation, so it would seem inherently related to core psychopathy and narcissism.

4. (by extension) Any ruthless, duplicitous behavior.

Holonyms

• (personality psychology): dark triad

Translations

philosophy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬基雅維利主義／马基雅维利主义 (Mǎjīyǎwéilì zhǔyì), (Taiwan) 馬基維利主義／马基维利主义 (Mǎjīwéilì zhǔyì)

• Czech: machiavelismus (cs) m
• Estonian: makjavellism (et)
• Finnish: machiavellismi (fi)
• French: machiavélisme (fr) m
• German: Machiavellismus (de) m
• Greek: μακιαβελισμός (el) m (makiavelismós)
• Ido: Makiavelismo (io)
• Italian: machiavellismo (it) m
• Korean: 마키아벨리즘 (makiabellijeum)
• Polish: makiawelizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: Maquiavelismo m
• Romanian: machiavelism (ro) n
• Russian: макиавелли́зм (ru) m (makiavellízm)
• Slovak: machiavelizmus m

political maneuver

• Finnish: machiavellismi (fi)
• French: machiavélisme (fr) m
• German: Machiavellismus (de) m, Realpolitik (de) f
• Greek: μακιαβελισμός (el) m (makiavelismós)
• Italian: machiavellismo (it) m
• Portuguese: Maquiavelismo m
• Romanian: machiavelism (ro) n
• Russian: макиавелли́зм (ru) m (makiavellízm)

ruthless, duplicitous behavior

• Finnish: häikäilemättömyys (fi)
• French: machiavélisme (fr) m
• Greek: μακιαβελισμός (el) m (makiavelismós)
• Italian: machiavellismo (it) m
• Polish: makiawelizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: Maquiavelismo m
• Russian: макиавелли́зм (ru) m (makiavellízm)
• Turkish: makyavelizm

Further reading

• Machiavellianism (politics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Machiavellianism (psychology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia