Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Manicheans.
- noun One of a religious body, adherents of Mani, Manes, or Manichæus, a native of Persia or some neighboring country, in the third century.
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- adjective of or relating to Manichaeism
- noun an adherent of Manichaeism
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Examples
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He thought that God was here to -- maybe to lead the forces of good against the forces of evil, a kind of manichean view that the world is divided between good and evil.
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To put it even more simply, Brezinski depicts the "manichean" view of neocons as "old" and his own bitterly cynical and corrupt accommodation with obvious evil as "young."
InstaPunk 2009
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Whether that’s because conservatives are more susceptible than liberals to the kind of manichean narrative that Rush spins, or whether radio networks don’t want progressive radio to succeed, or whether Rush is just a genius at radio, who knows?
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His use of the word "evil" drew scads of controversy and, for his critics, typified the manichean view Bush took on foreign policy.
The best State of the Union addresses Chris Cillizza 2011
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Seems to me STORMy is just projecting his own manichean perspective onto the President, with no supporting evidence behind his belief.
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As Jonathan Chait writes in his review of the new book by the American Enterprise Institute's Arthur Brooks, while conservatives want to believe they're a part of some manichean struggle between the forces of capitalism and statism, conservatives and liberals are actually both seeking some degree of balance between market and state.
Tea Partyers on the dole Adam Serwer 2010
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Mathhew, however, tends to get all manichean when people who have differeng political views lie, because he is convinced that they are evil.
Matthew Yglesias » Americans Support Health Reform, Reject Policies to Make Health Reform Workable 2010
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The Republican dogmatic manichean cultural warriors ruthlessly purged their Pragmatists with a fervor worthy of Mao years ago.
Obama On Rick Warren Pick: We Have To Be Able To Agree To Disagree 2009
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Absolutely true, but at least our dogmatic manichean cultural warriors at least still talk to us.
Obama On Rick Warren Pick: We Have To Be Able To Agree To Disagree 2009
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People are complicated and manichean thinking is for Republicans and Sith lords.
Obama On Rick Warren Pick: We Have To Be Able To Agree To Disagree 2009
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