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MANICHAEAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Manichaean mean?
• MANICHAEAN (noun)
The noun MANICHAEAN has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: MANICHAEAN used as a noun is very rare.
• MANICHAEAN (adjective)
The adjective MANICHAEAN has 2 senses:
1. of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism
2. of or relating to Manichaeism
Familiarity information: MANICHAEAN used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An adherent of Manichaeism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Manichaean; Manichean; Manichee
Hypernyms ("Manichaean" is a kind of...):
adherent; disciple (someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
dualistic; Manichaean
Context example:
a Manichaean conflict between good and evil
Pertainym:
dualism (the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil)
Derivation:
Manichaeism (a religion founded by Manes in the third century; a synthesis of Zoroastrian dualism between light and dark and Babylonian folklore and Buddhist ethics and superficial elements of Christianity; spread widely in the Roman Empire but had largely died out by 1000)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to Manichaeism
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
Manichaean; Manichean; Manichee
Pertainym:
Manichaeism (a religion founded by Manes in the third century; a synthesis of Zoroastrian dualism between light and dark and Babylonian folklore and Buddhist ethics and superficial elements of Christianity; spread widely in the Roman Empire but had largely died out by 1000)
Derivation:
Manichaeism (a religion founded by Manes in the third century; a synthesis of Zoroastrian dualism between light and dark and Babylonian folklore and Buddhist ethics and superficial elements of Christianity; spread widely in the Roman Empire but had largely died out by 1000)
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