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niccolo machiavelli

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Mach⋅i⋅a⋅vel⋅li

[mak-ee-uh-vel-ee; It. mah-kyah-vel-lee]
–noun
Nic⋅co⋅lò di Ber⋅nar⋅do [neek-kaw-law dee ber-nahr-daw] , 1469–1527, Italian statesman, political philosopher, and author.
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Ma·chi·a·vel·li   (māk'ē-ə-věl'ē, mä'kyä-)   
Italian political theorist whose book The Prince (1513) describes the achievement and maintenance of power by a determined ruler indifferent to moral considerations.
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