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PRONUNCIATION OF MANICHEAN

Manichean  [ˌmænɪˈkiːən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MANICHEAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Manichean is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MANICHEAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Manichean

Manichaeism

Manichaeism was a major Gnostic religion that was founded by the Iranian prophet Mani in the Sasanian Persian Empire. Manichaeism taught an elaborate dualistic cosmology describing the struggle between a good, spiritual world of light, and an evil, material world of darkness. Through an ongoing process which takes place in human history, light is gradually removed from the world of matter and returned to the world of light whence it came. Its beliefs were based on local Mesopotamian gnostic and religious movements. Manichaeism was quickly successful and spread far through the Aramaic-Syriac speaking regions. It thrived between the third and seventh centuries, and at its height was one of the most widespread religions in the world. Manichaean churches and scriptures existed as far east as China and as far west as the Roman Empire. It was briefly the main rival to Christianity in the competition to replace classical paganism. Manichaeism survived longer in the East than in the West, and it appears to have finally faded away after the 14th century in southern China, contemporary to the decline in China of the Church of the East – see Ming Dynasty.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MANICHEAN


Achaean
əˈkiːən
Aegean
iːˈdʒiːən
aeon
ˈiːən
Andean
ænˈdiːən
Archean
ɑːˈkiːən
Behan
ˈbiːən
Caribbean
ˌkærɪˈbiːən
ditrochean
ˌdaɪtrəʊˈkiːən
eon
ˈiːən
Fijian
fiːˈdʒiːən
Hebridean
ˌhɛbrɪˈdiːən
Korean
kəˈriːən
lien
ˈliːən
Manichaean
ˌmænɪˈkiːən
Mycenaean
ˌmaɪsɪˈniːən
pantheon
pænˈθiːən
pean
ˈpiːən
Pyrenean
ˌpɪrəˈniːən
sien
ˈsiːən
Tupian
tuːˈpiːən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MANICHEAN

Manichaean
Manichaeism
Manichaeus
Manichee
Manicheism
manicotti
manicure
manicure case
manicure scissors
manicure set
manicured
manicurist
manifest
Manifest Destiny

WORDS THAT END LIKE MANICHEAN

Comanchean
Gomorrhean
Kampuchean
Lethean
Morphean
nepenthean
Nietzschean
nymphean
Orphean
Promethean
Reithean
Sisyphean

Synonyms and antonyms of Manichean in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Manichean» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MANICHEAN

Find out the translation of Manichean to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Manichean from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Manichean» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

摩尼教
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

maniquea
570 millions of speakers

English

Manichean
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Manichean
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المانوية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

манихейской
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

maniqueísta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Manichean
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

manichéenne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Manichean
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

manichäischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マニ教
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마니교
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Manichean
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Manichean
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மனீஷியன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मानिचनेस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Manesçi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

manicheo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Manichean
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

маніхейської
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

maniheist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μανιχαϊστικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Manichean
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

manikeisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Manichean
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Manichean

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MANICHEAN»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MANICHEAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Manichean

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MANICHEAN»

Discover the use of Manichean in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Manichean and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Manichean Psychology: Racism and the Minds of People of ...
Camara Jules P. Harrell is professor of psychology, Howard University.
Camara Jules P. Harrell, 1999
2
The Manichean Debate
Contains eight works of Augustine of Hippo against the Manicheans.
Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.), Boniface Ramsey, 2006
3
The Book of Giants: The Fallen Angels and Their Giant Sons
This book is one of the books from the New Testament apocrypha which concerned the Old Testament. Aramaic fragments of it, along with other fragments of the Book of Enoch, were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran.
W. B. Henning, 2012
4
Answer to Faustus, a Manichean
The original texts still have much to offer but their diction and idiom chosen for another era and audience pose an obstacle to many contemporary readers.
Saint Augustine, Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.), Boniface Ramsey, 2007
5
Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide
Platonist philosophers, Christian and Muslim theologians — all polemicized against the Manichean dualist beliefs and myths, while the state authorities persecuted them (in 527 CE, for the first time, an edict of Justinian punished Manicheans ...
Sarah Iles Johnston, 2004
6
Frantz Fanon and the Psychology of Oppression
Violence. and. Manichean. Psychology. Colonialism ... is violence in its natural state, and it will only yield when confronted with greater violence. — Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth A situation of oppression is essentially a caldron of violence.
Hussein Abdilahi Bulhan, 2004
7
Francophone Post-colonial Cultures: Critical Essays
French poet considered to be the first major theoretician of French classical poetics, best known for his role in reforming the French language. Manichean division. In the context of post-colonial theory, the absolute division between the world of ...
Kamal Salhi, 2003
8
New Testament Apocrypha: Writings relating to the Apostles; ...
According to Photius, the Manichean Agapius relied upon 'the so-called Acts of the Twelve Apostles and especially those of Andrew'." To judge from Photius" report, Agapius appears to have been concerned in a special degree about the ...
Wilhelm Schneemelcher, Robert McLachlan Wilson, 2003
9
Borderlands: Negotiating Boundaries in Post-colonial Writing
In a discussion of the ways in which colonialist fiction establishes ways of knowing colonized people and the colonizers, Abdul R. JanMohamed argues that this fiction can be characterized by the presence of a 'manichean allegory,' which he ...
Gesellschaft für die Neuen Englischsprachigen Literaturen. Conference, Monika Reif-Hülser, 1999
10
Augustine Through the Ages: An Encyclopedia
point of Manichean doctrine, then to offer a defense. Faustus therefore avoids any reference to Manicheism's writings, and only occasionally alludes to its doctrines (c Faust. 20.1-4; 21.1; 24.1; 25.1 ). However, in repudiating Catholic ideas he ...
Allan Fitzgerald, John C. Cavadini, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MANICHEAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Manichean is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Manichean World Of Donald Trump | The Daily Caller
If Charles Manson wrote an op-ed extolling the virtues of Donald Trump, the real estate billionaire and 2016 presidential contender would ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
2
Cubans' Rejection of Rubio Demonstrates Their Independent Thinking
But Rubio cannot accept that Cubans' nearly unanimous rejection of his right-wing politics might mean he is badly mistaken in his Manichean ... «CounterPunch, Jul 15»
3
War Crimes and Rwandan Realities - The New York Times
Yet, it is precisely the outside world's need for a soothing moral tale — for a Manichean narrative to believe in — that betrays the reality in ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
What Should Libertarians Think About the Civil War? - Newsweek
The argument is both morally appealing and marked by its clarity, but it also suffers from its Manichean simplicity and a tendency to read an ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
5
Ten theses on security in the 21st century
... instead seen Islamism replace Stalinism as the 'other' to US-led imperial might in an increasingly Manichean struggle, in which the events of ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
6
Meet The Rich Man's Malcolm X
They seem to love the Manichean quality of Coates's writing where white is always evil and black is always good. They're desperate to know ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
7
Review: Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll Delivers Rock of the Aged
but it shares his grumpy attitude that authenticity died with Kurt Cobain, his Manichean view (and Gigi's) that music is a battle of real vs. phony, ... «TIME, Jul 15»
8
What if 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is fantasy and 'Go Set a Watchman' is …
... a symbol than a person, a noble, nonthreatening martyr designed to appeal to a white readership. Things in Watchman aren't so Manichean. «Mashable, Jul 15»
9
Sand in the Machine
... judgment, eschewing Manichean constructions in favor of emphasizing the obscured humanity that underpins the dark net's ostensible ethos. «Brooklyn Rail, Jul 15»
10
Alexandria Again and Forever
... city's changing essence is conditional on rejecting colonial memories of cosmopolitanism, and on transcending Manichean visions its history. «Jadaliyya, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Manichean [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/manichean>. Apr 2024 ».
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