Manichaean
Britishadjective
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of or relating to Manichaeism
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RC Church involving a radical dualism
noun
Example Sentences
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Most likely, Kuitems says, Bögü Qaghan built Por-Bazhyn as a Manichaean monastery.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 13, 2023
Mainstream media and members of Congress were almost all enthralled with a Manichaean worldview that has evolved and persisted.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2023
Who is the woman gazing from that photograph, that attractive brunette halved vertically into Manichaean contrasts of darkness and light?
From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2022
Instead, like our 16th-century ancestors, we lean Manichaean.
From Slate • Nov. 17, 2020
Like a Manichaean nightmare, the two sit on opposite poles of the number sphere, sucking numbers in like tiny black holes.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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