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machination
Meaning: a crafty scheme or cunning plot
machination in a sentence
How machination is used in real sentences:
The minister's machination was designed to remove his rival from office.
The forged documents were merely one part of the conspirators' machination.
“By midsummer, the books revealed a machination: contractors billed for stone never delivered, then divided the payments with a director.”
— from the passage The Season of Reckoning
Synonyms for machination
Other words for machination — scheme, plot and intrigue — carry the same meaning.
- scheme
- plot
- intrigue
Antonyms of machination
Words that mean the opposite of machination:
- candor
- honesty
- openness
Where it comes from
From Latin machinatio, meaning 'a contrivance or ingenious device.'
Memory hook
MACHINATION contains MACHINE: picture a secret political machine creating cunning plots.
Practice machination in the app