machination

Noun

Meaning

The act of machinating.

That which is devised; a device; a hostile or treacherous scheme; an artful design or plot.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

intrigue confederacy dodge wile game design move plan cabal gambit device engineering plot shift scheme
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Antonyms

oath accuracy honor reliability integrity purity
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Hypernyms

game plot secret plan

Hyponyms

priestcraft

Related terms

machinate machinal

Examples

However, as time passed, through chance and machination, Oboi, the most junior of the four, achieved such political dominance as to be a potential threat. Source: Internet

However leading genocide scholar William Schabas states: “Rigorous examination of the travaux fails to confirm a popular impression in the literature that the opposition to inclusion of political genocide was some Soviet machination. Source: Internet

In the 17th century, the word could also mean a scheme or plot, a meaning now expressed by the derived machination. Source: Internet

It also includes an "Omissions" section which reads: "Our silence about any other particular government law, regulation, ordinance, directive, edict, control, regulatory agency, activity, or machination should not be construed to imply approval." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

machinal machinate machinate against somebody machinations of the devil machinator machinatrix