Manichaean

/ ˌmænɪˈkiːən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Manichaeism
2. RC Church involving a radical dualism

noun

1. an adherent of Manichaeism

Example Sentences

Manichaean title notwithstanding, it is not an easy fable to parse.

From New York Times

If the founding of the American republic was imbedded with ambiguities that conservatives refuse to acknowledge, the country’s greatest internal crisis ought to appeal to their generally binary, Manichaean worldview.

From Salon

Mainstream media and members of Congress were almost all enthralled with a Manichaean worldview that has evolved and persisted.

From Salon

People with paranoid personalities are particularly vulnerable, as are those with a Manichaean worldview—a perception that the entire world is a battle between good and evil.

From Salon

Who is the woman gazing from that photograph, that attractive brunette halved vertically into Manichaean contrasts of darkness and light?

From New York Times