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Machiavelli
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Ma·chi·a·vel·li  (mk--vl, mäkyä-), Niccolò 1469-1527.
Italian political theorist whose book The Prince (1513) describes the achievement and maintenance of power by a determined ruler indifferent to moral considerations.

Machiavelli [ˌmækɪəˈvɛlɪ]
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(Biographies / Machiavelli, Niccolò (1469-1527) M, Florentine, POLITICS: statesman, PHILOSOPHY: 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)
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Noun1.Machiavelli - a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527)Machiavelli - a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527)
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Machiavelli [ˌmækɪəˈvelɪ] NMaquiavelo
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