Manicheanism
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a word derived from
Manichean.
ManicheannounAlso Manichee an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
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That’s particularly true in the earlier films, in which the black-and-white images are sometimes matched by a startling Manicheanism.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2017
His mode of talking, in the past, could be called utopian/dystopian Manicheanism.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 1, 2016
He was also lead writer on the Jedi Knight storyline for Star Wars: The Old Republic, so expect mysticism and Manicheanism aplenty.
From Forbes ● Aug. 13, 2014
The philosophy of dualism that emanated from Persia had affected all the religions of the Mediterranean Basin and had worked its way into Christian beliefs by way of Gnosticism, Manicheanism, and Neo-Platonism.
From Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family by Melvin Moses Knight
He showed his bigotry by a fierce persecution of the Paulicians, an Asiatic sect of heretics accused of Manicheanism, whom the Iconoclast emperors had been wont to tolerate.
From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman