Manichaean

/ ˌmænɪˈkiːən /

adjective

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.

Hence, on the other hand, the wild rebound into licentiousness which has sometimes characterized Gnostic or Manichaean sects.

In the West, the first teachers of the Manichaean theology had been repulsed by the people, or suppressed by the prince.

Yet Languedoc furnished the most heroic martyrs for the ascetic Manichaean creed.

The Manichaean system is one of consistent, uncompromising dualism, in the form of a fantastic philosophy of nature.

The Manichaean had to pray four times a day, each prayer being preceded by ablutions.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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