Manichaeism
WordNet
noun
(1) A religion founded by Manes 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
WiktionaryText
Noun
Manichaeism
- A syncretic, dualistic religious philosophy that combined elements of Zoroastrian, Christian, and Gnostic thought.
- 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
- Manichaeanism
- Manichean
- Manicheanism
- Manichaeist
- Manichee
- Manicheism