Definition of Machination

1. Noun. A crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends.

Exact synonyms: Intrigue
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

machicolation
machicolations
machicotage
machicote
machicotes
machilid
machilids
machinabilities
machinability
machinable
machinal
machinate
machinated
machinates
machinating
machination
machinations
machinator
machinators
machine-accessible
machine-controlled
machine-displayable text
machine-driven
machine-gun
machine-gunner
machine-gunners
machine-made
machine-oriented language
machine-readable

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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