machination
Meanings
noun
- A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.
- The act of machinating or plotting.
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Etymology
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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