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Manichaean
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Manichæan
English
Alternative forms
en Manichean
en Manichæan archaic
en Manichee dated
Etymology
en :af Manichaeus -an + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˌmænɪˈkiːən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Manichaean.wav Southern England
Noun
A follower of Manichaeism.
Translations
a follower of Manichaeism
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 摩尼教徒
Esperanto: eo maniĥeano
Finnish: fi manikealainen
French: fr manichéen m, fr manichéenne f
German: de Manichäer m, de Manichäerin f
Greek: el μανιχαϊστής m, el μανιχαίος m
Hungarian: hu manicheus
Italian: it manicheo m
Persian: fa مانوی mânavi
Polish: pl manichejczyk m-pr
Portuguese: pt maniqueísta m f, pt maniqueu m
Russian: ru манихе́ец m, ru манихей m
Spanish: es maniqueo m f
Swedish: sv maniké c
Volapük: ♂♀ vo manigan, ♂ vo himanigan, ♀ vo jimanigan
Adjective
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Of or relating to Manichaeism.
en Michael Gibson The Treasures of a Lost Buddhist World The International Herald Tribune 1995-11-25 https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/25/style/IHT-the-treasures-of-a-lost-buddhist-world.html 0362-4331 Through them passed not only the traders of the Silk Route, braving the bandits who occasionally took them for ransom or robbed them and slit their throats, but also lone Buddhist monks carrying precious cargoes of scrolls in their backpacks, white-robed Manichean sages from Iran and austere Nestorian clerics who founded Christian monasteries even in remote Tibet. https://web.archive.org/web/20210723162920/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/25/style/IHT-the-treasures-of-a-lost-buddhist-world.html 23 July 2021
Of or concerning a Manichaean.
en by extension Of or relating to a worldview of distinct good and evil, especially to the exclusion of other possible categories.
en Christopher Lehmann-Haupt Strategy and Tactics to Win the Global Struggle The New York Times 1988-04-11 https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/11/books/books-of-the-times-strategy-and-tactics-to-win-the-global-struggle.html 0362-4331 Detractors of Mr. Nixon will decry the book's [1999: Victory Without War] obsession with potency and winning, with geopolitical giants who are variously “fragmented,” “reluctant” and “awakened,” as well as with a Manichaean view of a world that he sees as divided between the bad Soviet Union and the good United States. https://web.archive.org/web/20210723163325/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/11/books/books-of-the-times-strategy-and-tactics-to-win-the-global-struggle.html 23 July 2021
en Ana Marie Cox What Went Wrong Divided She Fell The New York Times 2008-06-08 https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/opinion/08cox.html 0362-4331 Barack Obama spoke of a world without these Manichean dualities. He dismissed the notion of “red” and “blue” America. https://web.archive.org/web/20241207230240/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/opinion/08cox.html 7 December 2024
en 2020 After the Fact? Repeater 9781912248742 Marcus Gilroy-Ware Once again, we see a Manichean world not unlike that of conspiracists: you can be good or you can be evil.
en by extension Using light and dark to represent good and evil.
Translations
of or relating to Manichaeism
Armenian: hy մանիքեական
Esperanto: eo maniĥeisma
Finnish: fi manikealainen
French: fr manichéen m
German: de manichäisch
Greek: el μανιχαϊκός m
Hungarian: hu manicheista
Italian: it manicheo m
Occitan: oc maniquèu
Persian: fa مانوی mânavi
Polish: pl manichejski
Portuguese: pt maniqueísta, pt maniqueu
Russian: ru манихе́йский
Spanish: es maniqueo
Swedish: sv manikeisk, sv manikeistisk, sv manikéisk, sv manikéistisk
Volapük: vo manigik
of or concerning a Manichaean, Manichaeans
Armenian: hy մանիքեական
Finnish: fi manikealainen
Greek: el μανιχαϊκός m
Persian: fa مانوی mânavi
Polish: pl manichejski
Russian: ru манихе́йский
Volapük: ♂♀ vo maniganik, ♂ vo himaniganik, ♀ vo jimaniganik
Synonyms
en Manichaic Manichaist Manichee Acuanite
en eponyms
en People