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plural Manichaeans
A follower of Manichaeism. examples
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Of or relating to Manichaeism. quotations examples
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.
1995 November 25, Michael Gibson, “The Treasures of a Lost Buddhist World”, in The International Herald Tribune
Of or concerning a Manichaean. examples
(by extension) Of or relating to a worldview of distinct good and evil, especially to the exclusion of other possible categories. quotations examples
Detractors of Mr. Nixon will decry the book's 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.
1988 April 11, Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, “Strategy and Tactics to Win the Global Struggle”, in The New York Times
Barack Obama spoke of a world without these Manichean dualities. He dismissed the notion of “red” and “blue” America.
2008 June 8, Ana Marie Cox, “What Went Wrong | Divided She Fell”, in The New York Times
Once again, we see a Manichean world not unlike that of conspiracists: you can be good or you can be evil.
2020, Marcus Gilroy-Ware, After the Fact?, Repeater
(by extension) Using dark and light to represent good and evil. examples