Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun machiavellianism

1 sense of machiavellianism

Sense 1
Machiavellianism -- (the political doctrine of Machiavelli: any means (however unscrupulous) can be used by a ruler in order to create and maintain his autocratic government)
       => autocracy -- (a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual)