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Definition of Manichaean in English: Manichaean(also Manichean) adjective ˌmanɪˈkiːənˌmænəˈkiən historical 1Relating to Manichaeism. Example sentencesExamples - Members of the Manichaean movement were divided into the ‘chosen’ and their lay supporters.
- The script was used to write Manichaean literature in many different languages to spread its teachings.
- However, haunted not only by his Manichean past but, soon, by Pelagian boasts of human moral competence, Augustine was never able to shake his anxieties about freedom.
- She denies any supernatural or Manichean force of evil.
- The cardinal presented a strange, Manichean interpretation of twentieth-century history.
- 1.1Philosophy Relating to dualism; dualistic.
Example sentencesExamples - Impatience and Manichean thinking are among the burdens of youth politics, whether in Berkeley or Cairo.
- And if good can come from evil, does this undermine a simplistic Manichean view of morality?
- This worldview has bifurcated worldly politics into a transcendently significant battle that has a Manichean logic of absolute good and utter evil.
- In the movies, similar extravagance only fuels childish fantasies of omnipotence and Manichaean notions of how evil exists in the world.
- Both men felt an early attraction to religious faith, a Manichaean inner conflict between flesh and spirit, a difficulty with responsibility and commitment, and a genius for humor and satire.
noun ˌmanɪˈkiːənˌmænəˈkiən An adherent of Manichaeism. Example sentencesExamples - In modern terms Manichaeans employed a very good marketing strategy in terms of promoting their religion.
- A Manichean who believes the world is essentially evil will draw radically different moral lessons than a pantheist who finds God present everywhere in his creation.
- Later Manicheans seem to distance themselves from Christianity - which would appear to agree with what Mani wrote.
- Augustine was particularly sensitive to this need, because for many years as a young man he was a Manichean and hence denied the authenticity and relevance of the Old Testament for salvation.
- Martin declares that he is a Manichaean, someone who believes that the material world is fundamentally evil.
Derivatives noun Christians, however, considered Manicheanism to be an errant version of their own faith. Example sentencesExamples - Augustine's interaction with the philosophy of Neoplatonism helped him overcome the last vestiges of Manicheanism in his thinking.
- Although Manichaeanism is said to be dead, there are many manuscripts in circulation today.
- This difficulty is fatal to Lewis's refutation of Manicheanism and, more significantly, to his moral argument.
- This resemblance to Manicheanism is illusory.
Definition of Manichaean in US English: Manichaean(also Manichean) adjectiveˌmænəˈkiənˌmanəˈkēən historical 1Relating to Manichaeism. Example sentencesExamples - However, haunted not only by his Manichean past but, soon, by Pelagian boasts of human moral competence, Augustine was never able to shake his anxieties about freedom.
- Members of the Manichaean movement were divided into the ‘chosen’ and their lay supporters.
- The cardinal presented a strange, Manichean interpretation of twentieth-century history.
- The script was used to write Manichaean literature in many different languages to spread its teachings.
- She denies any supernatural or Manichean force of evil.
- 1.1Philosophy Of or characterized by dualistic contrast or conflict between opposites.
Example sentencesExamples - This worldview has bifurcated worldly politics into a transcendently significant battle that has a Manichean logic of absolute good and utter evil.
- In the movies, similar extravagance only fuels childish fantasies of omnipotence and Manichaean notions of how evil exists in the world.
- Both men felt an early attraction to religious faith, a Manichaean inner conflict between flesh and spirit, a difficulty with responsibility and commitment, and a genius for humor and satire.
- Impatience and Manichean thinking are among the burdens of youth politics, whether in Berkeley or Cairo.
- And if good can come from evil, does this undermine a simplistic Manichean view of morality?
nounˌmænəˈkiənˌmanəˈkēən An adherent of Manichaeism. Example sentencesExamples - Augustine was particularly sensitive to this need, because for many years as a young man he was a Manichean and hence denied the authenticity and relevance of the Old Testament for salvation.
- Later Manicheans seem to distance themselves from Christianity - which would appear to agree with what Mani wrote.
- In modern terms Manichaeans employed a very good marketing strategy in terms of promoting their religion.
- A Manichean who believes the world is essentially evil will draw radically different moral lessons than a pantheist who finds God present everywhere in his creation.
- Martin declares that he is a Manichaean, someone who believes that the material world is fundamentally evil.
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