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Noun: Machiavellianism
  1. The political doctrine of Machiavelli: any means (however unscrupulous) can be used by a ruler in order to create and maintain his autocratic government

See also: Machiavellian

Type of: autocracy

Encyclopedia: Machiavellianism

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