What's the difference between manichaean and manichee?

Manichaean


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Manichee
  • (a.) Alt. of Manichean

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  • (1) With our politics increasingly polarised , it saddens me to see my students being initiated – deliberately or not – into an essentially Manichaean view of politics, with a checklist of “goodies” (leftists, trade unions, Corbyn) and “baddies” (Tories, Brexiteers, anyone who uses the phrase British values without irony).
  • (2) For men such as Emwazi, Isis – with its Manichaean vision of good and evil – meets a need.
  • (3) For a week or so, we have been back in the straightforward Manichaean world she demanded.

Manichee


Definition:

  • (n.) A believer in the doctrines of Manes, a Persian of the third century A. D., who taught a dualism in which Light is regarded as the source of Good, and Darkness as the source of Evil.

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