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Machiavellianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Machiavellianism is the term that some social and personality psychologists use to describe a person's tendency to deceive and manipulate others for personal gain. The concept is named after Renaissan...
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Machiavellianism also Machiavellism n. The political doctrine of Machiavelli, which denies the relevance of morality in political affairs and Machiavellianism is primarily the term some social and personality psychologists use to describe a person's tendency to deceive and manipulate others for personal gain.
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Machiavellianism. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
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Waldert-Lauth, M., & Scherer, K. R. (1983). Interpersonale Kommunikation von Machiavellismus: Zur Bedeutung von Kommunikationskanälen und Situationsfaktoren [Interpersonal communication of Machiavellianism: On the significance of communication channels and situational factors].
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Machiavellianism: The political doctrine of Machiavelli, which denies the relevance of morality in political affairs and holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing and maintaining political power.
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The end product of my thinking is what you are reading. This is what I call Machiavellianism and it is what you will find in these pages and in my book, The Modern Prince. Machiavellianism has a bad reputation. Being called “Machiavellian” is never praise. In popular usage, it refers to a someone who is sneaky,
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Definition of Machiavellianism from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. Search "Machiavellianism" in:
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Machiavellian tactics have been found to be associated with success in college athletes. In the world of business, Machiavellianism is said to facilitate acquisition of prestige and wealth.
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Machiavelli was a man whose work profoundly shaped politics and the art of governing to this day. He had beliefs about how a government should be run and his views on that are what have come to shape today's political atmosphere. He is often called a political realist but for all of his political realism,
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