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Manicheism

Meaning of "Manicheism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MANICHEISM

ˈmænɪkiːˌɪzəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MANICHEISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Manicheism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MANICHEISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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 MANICHEISM

altruism · anthropophuism · atheism · ditheism · euphuism · henotheism · heroism · Hinduism · Judaism · Manichaeism · misoneism · multilateralism · Nietzscheism · Parseeism · pastoralism · phariseeism · polytheism · tetratheism · tribadism · vampirism

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MANICHEISM

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE MANICHEISM

ableism · absenteeism · ageism · allotheism · antitheism · autotheism · casteism · cosmotheism · deism · egotheism · hylotheism · monotheism · panentheism · pantheism · physitheism · presenteeism · seism · theism · tritheism · zootheism

Synonyms and antonyms of Manicheism in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Manicheism» into 25 languages

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摩尼教
1,325 millions of speakers
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maniqueísmo
570 millions of speakers
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Manicheism
510 millions of speakers
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Manicheism
380 millions of speakers
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المانوية
280 millions of speakers
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манихейство
278 millions of speakers
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maniqueísmo
270 millions of speakers
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Manicheism
260 millions of speakers
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manichéisme
220 millions of speakers
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Manicheism
190 millions of speakers
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Manichäismus
180 millions of speakers
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Manicheism
130 millions of speakers
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Manicheism
85 millions of speakers
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Maniseism
85 millions of speakers
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Manicheism
80 millions of speakers
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Manicheism
75 millions of speakers
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मॅनिएशिस्म
75 millions of speakers
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Manesçilik
70 millions of speakers
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manicheismo
65 millions of speakers
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manicheizm
50 millions of speakers
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маніхейство
40 millions of speakers
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Maniheismul
30 millions of speakers
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μανιχαϊσμός
15 millions of speakers
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Manicheism
14 millions of speakers
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Manicheism
10 millions of speakers
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Manicheism
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MANICHEISM»

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The Mission of Manicheism: Lecture 2 of 18
THE. MISSION. OF. MANICHEISM. THE PURPOSE OF this lecture is to expand and deepen what was said in the preceding lecture. The difference between esoteric brotherhoods before and after Christianity is that before the advent of ...
Rudolf Steiner
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Story of the Silk Road
From 4th to 6th centuries, Manicheism was very popular in northern Africa and the coastal cities of the Mediterranean Sea. In AD694, Furstadan, also a Persian came to the Kingdom of Tang with the holy book of Erzongjing written by Mani, ...
Yiping Zhang, Zongyi Jia, 2005
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Muslim Perceptions of Other Religions : A Historical Survey: ...
We saw that under the Umayyads Manicheism acquired a new foothold in Mesopotamia. What then may have been the attraction of Manicheism and why was it seen as a danger by the new dynasty of rulers,63 the Abbasids who moved the ...
Jacques Waardenburg Professor of the Science of Religion University of Lausanne, 1999
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Religions View Religions: Explorations in Pursuit of ...
Apparently, Muslims felt the zandaqa (heresy) of Manicheism to be a real enemy of Islamic religion. It is still a subject of discussion as to how Manicheism represented a danger for Islam. Was it seen as an ideological opposition to the religion ...
Jerald D. Gort, Henry Jansen, H. M. Vroom, 2006
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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
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Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Index
Manicheism is not strictly dualistic: its God is above all, and there is assurance that he will win in the end. Besides, Christians and Manichees shared a common cosmological concern with the problem of evil, agreeing both that it is a problem ...
Edward Craig, 1998
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The Formation of Arab Reason: Text, Tradition and the ...
All sources agree on the fact that Manicheism was suppressed during the ascendancy of the Sassanid dynasty, especially during the rule of the Persian King Bahram I who realised the seriousness of the implications of Mani's teachings for the ...
Mohammad Abed al-Jabri, Muḥammad ʻĀbid Jābirī, 2011
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The Home and foreign review [formerly The Rambler].
If Manicheism be excepted, it will be impossible to mention any Eastern doctrine which can be proved to have formed combinations with Christianity, Judaism, or Greek philosophy, and afterwards to have penetrated into Europe and flourished  ...
‎1863
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The Home and Foreign Review
If Manicheism be excepted, it will be impossible to mention any Eastern doctrine which can be proved to have formed combinations with Christianity, Judaism, or Greek philosophy, and afterwards to have penetrated into Europe and flourished  ...
‎1863
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Pelagius: Life and Letters
It has often been suggested that Augustine never entirely freed himself from the influence of some aspects of the Manicheism of his youth, and he may well have been conscious of being open to suspicion on that score even now, when he was  ...
Brinley Roderick Rees, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MANICHEISM»

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Eight Books To Better Understand Central Asia
... Buddhism and its adaptation by the Kushans and the Parthians, Nestorian Christianity and its influence on Sogdians and Turks, Manicheism ... «Swarajya, Jul 15»
2
The CCK's Blue Whale dives into action
However, I certainly believe that there's no place for manicheism in what seems to me an absurd conundrum: the argument that because we ... «Buenos Aires Herald, Jun 15»
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The Maritime Silk Road of the Manila Galleons
It was not only silk that travelled along the Silk Road: religions (Buddhism, Manicheism, Christianity), and technology (e.g. paper-making) did ... «Caixin Media, Mar 15»
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Acts of terror not fulfilment of 'Clash of Civilizations'
In times like today, there is inevitably a tendency to reinterpret things in such black-and-white terms, but seeing Manicheism behind the latest ... «China Post, Jan 15»
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The tragedy of the Yazidis of Iraq
... and Islam – and (what is less well known) it was also the birthplace of other, less successful faiths such as Mithraism and Manicheism. «Catholic Herald Online, Aug 14»
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Who Are the Yazidi?
Researchers believe that the Yazidi religion has elements from Zoroastrianism, Manicheism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The Yazidis call ... «Huffington Post, Aug 14»
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The dark (k)night of a postmodern world
Only our ability to recognise and accommodate this chaos will enable us to avoid the Manicheism of a world divided between good and evil, ... «Open Democracy, Jul 14»
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Ancient Persian prophet gained following
Although Manicheism — the religion founded by the Mesopotamian prophet Mani — is dead, its influence still continues in subtle and indirect ... «Deseret News, Mar 14»
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From Sarajevo to Tehran and Back
Some traces of the Mitraism and Manicheism could be found in Bosnia, such as “Mitra's caves” in the town Jajce, the only ones preserved. «Iranian, Sep 13»
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BOOK REVIEW: Marion Montgomery's Summa: A Journey through …
Gnosticism and Manicheism both seek to escape the "tensional" nature of life; they fail to see the esse (thatness) behind the ens (what-ness). «Catholic Online, Sep 13»
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