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with Anu Garg
Machiavellian
PRONUNCIATION:
(mak-ee-uh-VEL-ee-uhn)
MEANING:
adjective: Characterized by cunning, deception, and expediency.
ETYMOLOGY:
After Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527), Florentine statesman and author of The Prince, a political treatise describing use of craft and deceit to achieve political power.
USAGE:
"Rumours of Machiavellian plots and conspiracy theories have permeated the period of mourning."
Darryl Broadfoot; Mitchell: End the Revisionism; The Herald (Glasgow, Scotland); Nov 23, 2007.
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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. -Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (1920-1992)
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