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Machiavellianism lies in the quadrant of the circumplex defined by high agency and low communion. [42] Machiavellianism has been found to lie diagonally opposite from a circumplex construct called self-construal, a tendency to prefer communion over agency. This suggests that people high in Machiavellianism do not simply wish to achieve, they ...
Machiavellianism may refer to: Machiavellianism (politics) , the political philosophy of Niccolò Machiavelli, often associated with various versions of political realism . Machiavellianism (psychology) , a scale in personality psychology that measures one's tendency to engage in cold and manipulative behavior
Machiavellianism (or Machiavellism) is widely defined as the political philosophy of the Italian Renaissance diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli, usually associated with realism in foreign and domestic politics, and with the view that those who lead governments must prioritize the stability of the regime over ethical concerns.
In English Renaissance theatre (Elizabethan and Jacobian), the term "Machiavel" (from 'Nicholas Machiavel', an "anglicization" of Machiavelli's name based on French) was used for a stock antagonist that resorted to ruthless means to preserve the power of the state, and is now considered a synonym of "Machiavellian".
"Machiavellian" is a pejorative term suggesting serpentine scheming and use of immoral, ruthless means to achieve desired ends. Those ends usually include the maintenance of power at all costs. Some scholars assert that Machiavelli endorses these methods in his works on political philosophy. He lived in interesting but chaotic and often violent ...
Baron, Hans (1961), "Machiavelli : the Republican Citizen and Author of The Prince", The English Historical Review, 76: 218, archived from the original on 2010-03-25; Bireley, Robert (1990), The Counter-Reformation Prince: Anti-Machiavellianism or Catholic Statecraft in Early Modern Europe, University of North Carolina Press, ISBN 978-0807819258
Illustration of the triad. The dark triad is a psychological theory of personality, first published by Delroy L. Paulhus and Kevin M. Williams in 2002, [1] that describes three notably offensive, but non-pathological personality types: Machiavellianism, sub-clinical narcissism, and sub-clinical psychopathy.
High Machiavellianism scores correlated with an cold, unprincipled nature and a greater willingness to manipulate others. [ 6 ] He discovered that an individual's "Mach score" was also not linked to political views, racial attitudes, intelligence, or educational level, but rather stemmed from an individual's perspectives on behavior and morality.