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noun
1.
an act or instance of machinating.
2.
Usually, machinations. crafty schemes; plots; intrigues.
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Machination
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Example Sentences
- In other words, after a lot of machination and arguing, you may not win in the end.
- None of his more idealistic colleagues had a chance against his machination.
- Behold the counterrevolution, a machination of the state.
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Word Origin & History
machination
late 15c., "a plotting, intrigue," from L. machinationem (nom. machinatio) "device, contrivance, machination," from machinatus, pp. of machinari "contrive, plot," from machina (see machine). Related: Machinations.
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