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词汇 Manichaean
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Definition of Manichaean in English:

Manichaean

(also Manichean)
adjective ˌmanɪˈkiːənˌmænəˈkiən
historical
  • 1Relating to Manichaeism.

    〈主史〉(与)摩尼教(有关)的

    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. 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.

    摩尼教徒

    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

  • Manichaeanism

  • 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.

    〈主史〉(与)摩尼教(有关)的

    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. 1.1Philosophy Of or characterized by dualistic contrast or conflict between opposites.
      二元论的
      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.

    摩尼教徒

    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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