Manichean
or Man·i·chae·an
noun
adjective
Origin of Manichean
Examples from the Web for manichaean
Contemporary Examples of manichaean
How else to explain this Manichaean reaction to young men from a part of India, Kashmir, which bridles against its place in India?
I have learned that outcomes, at least when it comes to technology, are not as Manichaean as we believe them to be in the moment.
It is harder to strike pouting, Manichaean postures now, when a black man holds the highest office in the land.
Historical Examples of manichaean
It was now that he separated himself openly from the Manichaean sect.
Increasingly occupied with the exact sciences, he learnt the incompatibility of the Manichaean astrology with the facts.
His Manichaean friends urged him to take this step, which was rendered easier by the licentious lives of the students at Carthage.
Hence, on the other hand, the wild rebound into licentiousness which has sometimes characterized Gnostic or Manichaean sects.
Lux MundiVarious
In the West, the first teachers of the Manichaean theology had been repulsed by the people, or suppressed by the prince.