MACHIAVELLI

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• MACHIAVELLI (noun)
  The noun MACHIAVELLI has 1 sense:

1. a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527)

  Familiarity information: MACHIAVELLI used as a noun is very rare.

• MACHIAVELLI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Machiavelli; Niccolo Machiavelli

Instance hypernyms:

philosopher (a specialist in philosophy)

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

Derivation:

Machiavellian (of or relating to Machiavelli or the principles of conduct he recommended)

 Context examples 

Senior author Dr Despoina Mavridou, from the Department of Life Sciences at Imperial, said: This behavior is strongly reminiscent of the human 'divide and conquer' strategy, famously delineated by Niccolò Machiavelli in his book The Art of War and shows that bacteria are capable of very elaborate warfare tactics.

(Bacteria Can 'Divide and Conquer' to Vanquish Their Enemies, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)