Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Machiavelism \Mach"i*a*vel*ism\, Machiavelianism
\Mach`i*a*vel"ian*ism\, n. [Cf. F. machiav['e]lisme; It.
   machiavellismo.]
   The supposed principles of Machiavel, or practice in
   conformity to them; political artifice, intended to favor
   arbitrary power.