Machiavelli

[ mak-ee-uh-vel-ee; Italian mah-kyah-vel-lee ]

noun

1. Nic·co·lò di Ber·nar·do [neek-kaw-, law, dee be, r, -, nahr, -daw], 1469–1527, Italian statesman, political philosopher, and author.

Machiavelli

/ ˌmækɪəˈvɛlɪ /

noun

1. MachiavelliNiccolò14691527MFlorentinePOLITICS: statesmanPHILOSOPHY: philosopher Niccolò (nikkoˈlɔ). 1469–1527, Florentine statesman and political philosopher; secretary to the war council of the Florentine republic (1498–1512). His most famous work is Il Principe ( The Prince, 1532)

Example Sentences

The cast of Renaissance characters is also large and somewhat ungainly, populated with outsize historical players that include Michelangelo, Savonarola, Raphael, Niccolò Machiavelli, Cesare Borgia, various popes, assorted Medicis and many more.

From Los Angeles Times

As Machiavelli warned, the ruler must not be taken in by flatterers.

From Salon

Fans can also hit the other Machiavelli bistro that opened in downtown Edmonds in December.

From Seattle Times

So many deaths were inflicted, wrote the Italian philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli later, that “the streets were filled with limbs of men.”

From Literature

As Machiavelli went on to suggest, the master liar must never show any weakness or gentility; he must always be, or at least appear to be, brutal, exuding righteous anger, control, power.

From Salon