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manichean

[man-i-kee-uhn]

noun

Also, Man·i·chee

[man-i-kee] . 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.

adjective

of or pertaining to the Manicheans or their doctrines.

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Also, Man·i·chae·an.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English Maniche (< Late Latin Manichaeus < Late Greek Manichaîos of Manes) + -an

Related forms

Man·i·che·an·ism, Man·i·che·ism, noun

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Manichean language and contempt for people who disagree with him, makes for a shrill, unpersuasive book.

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Manichaean or Manichean (ˌmænɪˈkiːən)

—*adj*
1.	of or relating to Manichaeism
2.	chiefly RC Church involving a radical dualism

—n
3.	an adherent of Manichaeism

Manichean or Manichean

—*adj*

—n

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"Some theosophists have arrived at a certain hostility and indignation towards matter, as the Manichean and Plotinus. They distrusted in themselves any looking back to these flesh-pots of Egypt. Plotinus was ashamed of his body. In short, they might all say of matter, what Michael Angelo said of external beauty, "it is the frail and weary weed, in which God dresses the soul, which he has called into time.""

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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