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MACHIAVELLISM

Date "MACHIAVELLISM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1885. (references)

Specialty Definition: MACHIAVELLISM

Domain	Definition
Literature	Machiavellism Political cunning and overreaching by diplomacy, according to the pernicious political principles of Niccolo del Machiavelli, of Florence, set forth in his work called The Prince. The general scope of this book is to show that rulers may resort to any treachery and artifice to uphold their arbitrary power, and whatever dishonourable acts princes may indulge in are fully set off by the insubordination of their subjects. (1469-1527.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: MACHIAVELLISM

Domain	Title
Books	Amoral Politics: The Persistent Truth of MacHiavellism (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: MACHIAVELLISM

Language		Translations for "MACHIAVELLISM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Italian		machiavellismo. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		マオリ族 (Macadam, macaroni, macaroni western, Macbeth, macrame, macro, macrocosm, macroengineering, macrolens, macron, magazine, magazine rack, Maori, Maxell, maxi, maxim, maximum, McDonalds), 権謀�"数 (finesse, trickery, wiles). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		マキャベリズ� , け�"ぼうじゅっすう (finesse, trickery, wiles). (various references)

Pig Latin		achiavellismmay

Vietnamese		thủ đoạn xảo quyệt (machiavellianism), thủ đoạn nham hiểm (machiavellianism), chính sách quỷ quyệt (machiavel, machiavelli, machiavellianism). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: MACHIAVELLISM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-h-i-i-l-l-m-m-s-v"
	-4 letters: achilleas, camellias, cavallies, ischaemia.
	-5 letters: achillea, camelias, camellia, challies, chammies, chiasmal, chiliasm, chillies, heliacal, ischemia, millimes, misclaim, silvical.
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Alternative Orthography: MACHIAVELLISM

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 41 43 48 49 41 56 45 4C 4C 49 53 4D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01000001 01000011 01001000 01001001 01000001 01010110 01000101 01001100 01001100 01001001 01010011 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0041 0043 0048 0049 0041 0056 0045 004C 004C 0049 0053 004D

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

47353742433556394646435347

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams

5. Orthography
6. Bibliography

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