manichaeism

Noun manichaeism has 1 sense

• manichaeism(n = noun.cognition) manichaeanism - 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;
is a kind of faith, religion, religious belief
Derived forms adjective manichaean₂, adjective manichaean₁, adjective manichean₁