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MANICHAEISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Manichaeism mean? 

MANICHAEISM (noun)
  The noun MANICHAEISM has 1 sense:

1. a religion founded by Manes in the third century; a synthesis of Zoroastrian dualism between light and dark and Babylonian folklore and Buddhist ethics and superficial elements of Christianity; spread widely in the Roman Empire but had largely died out by 1000play

  Familiarity information: MANICHAEISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MANICHAEISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A religion founded by Manes in the third century; a synthesis of Zoroastrian dualism between light and dark and Babylonian folklore and Buddhist ethics and superficial elements of Christianity; spread widely in the Roman Empire but had largely died out by 1000

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Manichaeanism; Manichaeism

Hypernyms ("Manichaeism" is a kind of...):

faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)

Derivation:

Manichaean (of or relating to Manichaeism)

Manichaean (of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of dualism)

Manichean (of or relating to Manichaeism)


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