Māch'i-a-vēl'i-an-īsm or Māch'i-a-vēl-īsm, n.

[Fr. Machiavélisme, It. Machiavellismo, Sp. Maquiavelismo.] The supposed principles of Machiavel, or practice in conformity to them; political cunning and artifice, intended to favor arbitrary power.