English words for 'Alternative form of Machiavellize.'
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- Especially with reference to the writings of Machiavelli (1469–1527): the requisite qualities for political or military success; vitality, determination; power.
- (art, now historical) Objets d'art collectively.
- (art, now historical) The fine arts as a subject of study or expertise; understanding of arts and antiquities.
- Moral worth; virtue, virtuousness.
- artistic quality
- love of or taste for fine objects of art
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- (philosophy, politics) The political philosophy of Machiavelli, especially the realist doctrine which emphasizes the maintenance of the state above ethical concerns.
- (personality psychology) A psychological construct centered on interpersonal manipulation, lack of empathy, cold affect, and indifference to morality.
- (countable) A political maneuver that exemplifies the philosophy. Unsavory government politics.
- the political doctrine of Machiavelli: any means (however unscrupulous) can be used by a ruler in order to create and maintain their autocratic government
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- (figuratively) A person who derives advantage from others in a parasitic fashion.
- (Germanic paganism) A healer.
- (nautical) The vertical edge of a square sail.
- (nautical) The aft edge of a triangular sail.
- An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
- a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
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- (figurative, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
- (figurative, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully
- (ambitransitive) To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- act in order to achieve a certain goal
- perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
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- (military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.
- A controlled (especially skillful) movement taken while steering a vehicle.
- (medicine) A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.
- A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.
- Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.
- an action aimed at evading an opponent
- a military training exercise
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a move made to gain a tactical end
- a plan for attaining a particular goal
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- (transitive) To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
- (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
- (intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
- (intransitive) To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
- form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
- cause to be interested or curious
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- The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
- A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to affect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
- Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.
- a clandestine love affair
- a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
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- (card games, chiefly bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself.
- The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.
- (road transport) A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed.
- (motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.
- A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.
- a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
- a bridge hand that is void of trumps
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
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- Especially with reference to the writings of Machiavelli (1469–1527): the requisite qualities for political or military success; vitality, determination; power.
- (art, now historical) Objets d'art collectively.
- (art, now historical) The fine arts as a subject of study or expertise; understanding of arts and antiquities.
- Moral worth; virtue, virtuousness.
- artistic quality
- love of or taste for fine objects of art
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- (philosophy, politics) The political philosophy of Machiavelli, especially the realist doctrine which emphasizes the maintenance of the state above ethical concerns.
- (personality psychology) A psychological construct centered on interpersonal manipulation, lack of empathy, cold affect, and indifference to morality.
- (countable) A political maneuver that exemplifies the philosophy. Unsavory government politics.
- the political doctrine of Machiavelli: any means (however unscrupulous) can be used by a ruler in order to create and maintain their autocratic government
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- (figuratively) A person who derives advantage from others in a parasitic fashion.
- (Germanic paganism) A healer.
- (nautical) The vertical edge of a square sail.
- (nautical) The aft edge of a triangular sail.
- An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
- a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
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- (figurative, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme
- (figurative, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully
- (ambitransitive) To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- act in order to achieve a certain goal
- perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense
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- (military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units.
- A controlled (especially skillful) movement taken while steering a vehicle.
- (medicine) A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments.
- A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity.
- Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem.
- an action aimed at evading an opponent
- a military training exercise
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a move made to gain a tactical end
- a plan for attaining a particular goal
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- (transitive) To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
- (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
- (intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
- (intransitive) To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
- form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
- cause to be interested or curious
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- The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
- A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to affect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
- Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.
- a clandestine love affair
- a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
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- (card games, chiefly bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself.
- The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.
- (road transport) A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed.
- (motor racing) A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.
- A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.
- a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
- a bridge hand that is void of trumps
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)