machiavellisk

Swedish

Etymology

Named after Italian diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli, suffixed with -isk. Attested since the 1630s.

Adjective

machiavellisk (comparative mer machiavellisk, superlative mest machiavellisk)

  1. Machiavellian

Declension

Inflection of machiavellisk
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular machiavellisk mer machiavellisk mest machiavellisk
neuter singular machiavelliskt mer machiavelliskt mest machiavelliskt
plural machiavelliska mer machiavelliska mest machiavelliska
masculine plural2 machiavelliske mer machiavelliska mest machiavelliska
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 machiavelliske mer machiavelliske mest machiavelliske
all machiavelliska mer machiavelliska mest machiavelliska

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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