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Definition of Machination
1. Noun. A crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends.
Generic synonyms: Game, Plot, Secret Plan
Specialized synonyms: Priestcraft
Derivative terms: Intrigue, Machinate, Machinate
Definition of Machination
1. n. The act of machinating.
Definition of Machination
1. Noun. A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes. ¹
2. Noun. The act of machinating or plotting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Machination
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Machination
Literary usage of Machination
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1901)
"... it was forgotten almost as suddenly as it arrived. of those who had prevented
the execution of this infernal machination. They doubtless found also that ..."
2. A Summer Tour in Russia by Antonio Carlo Napoleone Gallenga (1882)
"... Imperialism —Absence of Revolutionary Elements—Underground Machination —Autocracy
and Nihilism—The Present Administration—Count Ignatieff—Necessity of a ..."
3. Lessons of the French Revolution, 1789-1872 by John Benn Walsh Ormathwaite (1873)
"... children to some machination ; does she murder and afterwards rob her mistress
with every accompaniment of brutal violence—than the sympathies of the ..."
4. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies (1821)
"... and of whom Amidst these calamities, what can I do, or ask for the remedy of
so desperate i by what machination extricate myself from malady ? ..."
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