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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Manichaean title notwithstanding, it is not an easy fable to parse.
From New York Times
Mainstream media and members of Congress were almost all enthralled with a Manichaean worldview that has evolved and persisted.
From Salon
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
Who is the woman gazing from that photograph, that attractive brunette halved vertically into Manichaean contrasts of darkness and light?
From New York Times
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
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