maquiavélico
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maquiavélico (feminine maquiavélica, masculine plural maquiavélicos, feminine plural maquiavélicas)
- (derogatory) Machiavellian (cunning, scheming and unscrupulous in pursuing one’s goals)
- (philosophy, sometimes proscribed) Machiavellian (relating to Niccolò Machiavelli or his philosophical system)
- Synonym: maquiaveliano
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From Maquiavelo + -ico.
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maquiavélico (feminine maquiavélica, masculine plural maquiavélicos, feminine plural maquiavélicas)
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- “maquiavélico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014