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machination

[ mak-uh-ney-shuhn ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of machinating.
  2. Usually machinations. crafty schemes; plots; intrigues.

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machination

/ ˌmæʃ-; ˌmækɪˈneɪʃən /

noun

  1. an intrigue, plot, or scheme
  2. the act of devising plots or schemes
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of machination1

1375–1425; late Middle English machinacion < Latin ³¾Ä峦³ó¾±²ÔÄå³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ³¾Ä峦³ó¾±²ÔÄå³Ù¾±Å ). See machinate, -ion
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Example Sentences

That’s how power obfuscates unseemly machinations: by claiming to be doing the opposite.

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And both put ideology aside and turned pragmatic in their machinations to placate Trump, despite his long history of demeaning Mexico and Mexican immigrants.

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"It's essentially about the political machinations that go on... people with competing interests and competing ideologies."

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Neither the stage production nor the musical can do much with the melodramatic Madame Morrible, the headmistress at Shiz who becomes a key player in the Wonderful Wizard of Oz’s fascist machinations.

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But the Jay-Z case offers a window into the machinations and big money behind such cases that could be a preview of the potential fallout involving other civil litigation that’s been filed against Combs.

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