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Alternative forms

• Manicheism
• Manichaeanism
• Manicheanism

Proper noun

Manichaeism

1. (religion) A syncretic, dualistic religion that combined elements of Zoroastrian, Christian, and Gnostic thought, founded by the Iranian prophet Mani in 3rd century AD.
2. (philosophy) A dualistic philosophy dividing the world between good and evil principles, or regarding matter as intrinsically evil and mind as intrinsically good.

Related terms

• Manichaean
• Manichean
• Manichaeist
• Manichee

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