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The article for

Machiavellismus

der Machiavellismus

Machiavellismus is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
no plural

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Why is it der Machiavellismus?

Machiavellismus ends in -ismus, and nouns ending in -ismus are masculine: in a German dictionary, 100% of them take der.

All nouns ending in -ismus
Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Politics: Teaching that gives priority over morality to the power of power

[1] Politik: Lehre, die dem Machtinteresse den Vorrang gegenüber der Moral gibt

Examples

[1] "But the irresponsible Machiavellism of many participants ensured that it was not due to reasonably controllable rivalries"

[1] „Aber der unverantwortliche Machiavellismus vieler Beteiligten sorgte dafür, daß es nicht bei halbwegs kontrollierbaren Rivalitäten blieb.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Machiavellismus —
Genitiv des Machiavellismus —
Dativ dem Machiavellismus —
Akkusativ den Machiavellismus —

Pronunciation

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