Term: machiavellianism: the political doctrine of Machiavelli: any means (however unscrupulous) can be used by a ruler in order to create and maintain his autocratic government
Candidate hypernym: autocracy: a political theory favoring unlimited authority by a single individual → 1
Candidate hypernym: provost: a high-ranking university administrator → 0
Candidate hypernym: man hour: a time unit used in industry for measuring work → 0
Candidate hypernym: turki: a subfamily of Altaic languages → 0
Candidate hypernym: lasthenia: small genus of herbs of Pacific coast of North and South America → 0
Candidate hypernym: housecleaning: (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions → 0
Candidate hypernym: tongue: any long thin projection that is transient → 0
Candidate hypernym: ampleness: the property of being more than sufficient; comfortable sufficiency → 0
Candidate hypernym: enema: an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes → 0
Candidate hypernym: quilted bedspread: a bedspread constructed like a thin quilt → 0
Candidate hypernym: constitutionalism: advocacy of a system of government according to constitutional principles → 0