Why does Machiavelli compares fortune to a woman?

Niccolò Machiavelli compares Fortune to women in “The Prince” due to sexist reasons. He calls fortune “changeful,” which plays into stereotypes about how women are unreliable, undependable, and are always changing their minds.

What is the opposite of Machiavellianism?

There certainly are antonyms for some of these ideas: scrupulous, fair, honest, upright, honorable, aboveboard, disinterested, ethical, and principled, for example. Queensberrian is everything that Machiavellian is not: strict, codified, honor-based, constrained, predictable, principled.

What does the word opportunistic mean?

: taking advantage of opportunities as they arise: such as. a : exploiting opportunities with little regard to principle (see principle sense 1) or consequences a politician considered opportunistic an opportunistic investment. b : feeding on whatever food is available opportunistic feeders opportunistic bears.

What is a synonym for waif?

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for waif. gamine, guttersnipe, ragamuffin, urchin.

What is another name for skinny?

Some common synonyms of skinny are gaunt, lanky, lank, lean, rawboned, scrawny, and spare. While all these words mean “thin because of an absence of excess flesh,” scrawny and skinny imply an extreme leanness that suggests deficient strength and vitality.

What does urchin mean?

1 archaic : hedgehog sense 1a. 2 : a mischievous and often poor and raggedly clothed youngster street urchins. 3 : sea urchin.

What is another word for incline?

slope	gradient
leaning	plane
tilt	angle
drop	camber
fall	bend

What’s the opposite of incline?

decline

Is incline up or down?

incline Add to list Share. Something that slopes — that is, something that deviates from the straight horizontal or vertical — can be called an incline. If you like to walk up and down hills, you enjoy walking on inclines. The Latin root of the word incline is inclinare, meaning “to lean.”