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Italienisch Begriff oder Satz:manichea
Il declino dell'impero americano è ancora molto lontano ed è augurabile che non se ne vedano segni all'orizzonte: in crisi ora non è il suo ruolo nel mondo ma l'unilateralismo dell'Amministrazione Bush, la sua divisione ***manichea*** di un mondo diviso fra amici e nemici, un'interpretazione quasi khomeinista della democrazia occidentale e della sua esportabilità.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source Man·i·chae·ism (mn-kzm) Pronunciation Key also Man·i·chae·an·ism (-k-nzm)
n.
The syncretic, dualistic religious philosophy taught by the Persian prophet Manes, combining elements of Zoroastrian, Christian, and Gnostic thought and opposed by the imperial Roman government, Neo-Platonist philosophers, and orthodox Christians.
A dualistic philosophy dividing the world between good and evil principles or regarding matter as intrinsically evil and mind as intrinsically good.
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Man‧i‧che‧an /ˌmænɪˈkiən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[man-i-kee-uhn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. Also, Man‧i‧chee /ˈmænɪˌki/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[man-i-kee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation. an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
–adjective 2. of or pertaining to the Manicheans or their doctrines.
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