What is deformation? By Owais Khattak 8:13:00 PM The term deformation is, like several other structural geology terms, used in different ways by different people and under different circumstances. In most cases, particularly in the ï¬eld, the term refers to the distortion (strain) that is expressed in a (deformed) rock. This is also what the word literally means: a change in form or shape.
1. the principles of government set forth in The Prince by Machiavelli, in which political expediency is exalted above morality and the use of er aft and deceit to maintain authority or to effectuate policy is recommended. Also Machiavellism. 2. activity characterized by subtle cunning, duplicity, or bad faith.
Machiavellian describes fans of Machiavelli, the Renaissance philosopher who wrote things like âIt is much safer to be feared than lovedâ and âIf an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.â Modern psychiatrists even use it to describe a kind of personality disorder, a cold selfishness.