- a variation of Manichean.
Manichaean
Britishadjective
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of or relating to Manichaeism
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RC Church involving a radical dualism
noun
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People with paranoid personalities are particularly vulnerable, as are those with a Manichaean worldview—a perception that the entire world is a battle between good and evil.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2023
Published in 1950, Paz’s essay endures for its imaginative associations and musical prose, though it is contentious: Some anthropologists and historians consider his definition of Mexicanness to be Manichaean and contrived.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2022
Instead, like our 16th-century ancestors, we lean Manichaean.
From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2020
In the opening moments of the Soviet contest—what Orwell warned would be the “peace that is no peace”—Americans faced what appeared to be a Manichaean choice: appeasement or a world war.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2020
He sings and plays bass and harmonica for the Manichaean Blues Band, a group he started back in San Antonio, where he’s from.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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