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Synonyms for machination

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mak-uh-ney-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌmæk əˈneɪ ʃən

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Définition of machination

Origin :
  • late 15c., "a plotting, intrigue," from Old French machinacion "plot, conspiracy, scheming, intrigue," from Latin machinationem (nominative machinatio) "device, contrivance, machination," noun of action from past participle stem of machinari "contrive skillfully, to design; to scheme, to plot," from machina (see machine). Related: Machinations.
  • noun maneuver, plot
Example sentences :
  • The protest of the church was of no avail to defeat the machination of demagogues.
  • Extract from : « A History of American Christianity » by Leonard Woolsey Bacon
  • All MacTaggart's anger rose against madame for her machination.
  • Extract from : « Doom Castle » by Neil Munro
  • Disunion is at the bottom of this long-concealed Texas machination.
  • Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton
  • It is pleasant to record that all this match-making and machination came to naught.
  • Extract from : « Child Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle
  • It was not the machination or revenge of a disappointed suitor.
  • Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. » by Various
  • Paul got knowledge of their machination, and the christians took him, and let him down over the wall in a basket.
  • Extract from : « The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church » by lfric
  • I felt at once that he had succeeded in some machination against me, and with ominous misgivings quickened my steps.
  • Extract from : « A Strange Story, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • This was their machination, adding crime to crime, as it is said, "The last error shall be worse than the first."
  • Extract from : « Old English Chronicles » by Various
  • I should fear it was some machination of the Prince of —d——, who is determined on driving him from Venice.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost-Seer (or The Apparitionist), and Sport of Destiny » by Friedrich Schiller
  • His elevation to the presidency was the act of his fellow-citizens—not the machination of himself.
  • Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton

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