单词 | Manichaeism |
释义 | Man·i·chae·ism ![]() n. 1. The syncretic, dualistic religious philosophy taught by the Persian prophet Mani, combining elements of Zoroastrian, Christian, and Gnostic thought and opposed by the imperial Roman government, Neoplatonist philosophers, and orthodox Christians. 2. A dualistic philosophy dividing the world between good and evil principles or regarding matter as intrinsically evil and mind as intrinsically good. [From Late Latin Manichaeus, Manichaean, from Late Greek Manikhaios, from Manikhaios, Mani.] Man·i·chae·an (măn′ĭ-kēən) n. & adj. |
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