Manichaean

/ˌmænɪˈkiːən/

Synonyms for "manichaean" (32 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Adjective(6 words)
dualisticbelieverbinarybinary thinkerblack and white figuredevotee

Strong matches (9)

Adjective(5 words)
discipledualistdualist archetypedualistic thinkerfollower

Related words (16)

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adherentarchetypebelief systembelievercharacter typecognitive stancediscipledoctrineideologyphilosophical positionreligionreligious adherenttheologyworldview

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Manichaean artManichaean laypersonManichaean missionaryManichaean priestManichaean ritualManichaean scribeManichaean scriptureabsolutist dualismbinary mindsetbinary thinkingblack and white antagonistdualist archetypedualist stancedualistic framingmoral absolutist

Collocations

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Manichaean cosmologyManichaean dualismManichaean ethicsManichaean literatureManichaean missionaryManichaean religionManichaean scripturesManichaean worldviewancient Manichaean sect

Inflections

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Manichaeansmore Manichaeanmost Manichaean

Derivations

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Through them passed not only the traders of the Silk Route[…] 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.

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Detractors of Mr. Nixon will decry the book's [1999: Victory Without War] obsession with potency and winning[…] 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.

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Barack Obama spoke of a world without these Manichean dualities. He dismissed the notion of “red” and “blue” America.

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Once again, we see a Manichean world not unlike that of conspiracists: you can be good or you can be evil.

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