noun · countable / uncountable · rare

machination

machination · machinations

махінація, інтрига, підступи, заміри

махинация, интрига, козни, происки

Machenschaft

A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposesA clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.

/ˌmækɪˈneɪʃən/

» Youth will always rebel against the mindless machinations of social institutions.

Meaning

2 senses

(countable, in the plural, uncountable)A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.
Machenschaft
махина́цияmaxinácija, интри́гаintríga
махіна́ціяmaxinácija, інтри́гаintrýha
(countable, uncountable)The act of machinating or plotting.
махина́цияmaxinácija, ко́зниkózni, про́искиpróiski
пі́дступиpídstupy, за́міриzámiry

More definitions

a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends

Examples

2 sentences

Youth will always rebel against the mindless machinations of social institutions.
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The accused says he is the victim of political machinations to prevent him from running in the next presidential election.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes:

act of machinating:

Русский

By meaning 2

clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes:

act of machinating:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes:

Origin

From Middle English machynacion, machynacyon, from Middle French machination and directly

From Middle English machynacion, machynacyon, from Middle French machination and directly Latin māchinātiōnem, from māchinor (“devise, invent”). By surface analysis, machinate + -ion or machine + -ation.

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