English Dictionary

Manichaean

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌmænɪˈkiːən/

形容詞

比較不可 広義

Of or relating to Manichaeism. / Of or concerning a Manichaean. / (by extension) Referring to a worldview of distinct good and evil.

日本語の意味

マニ教に関する、またはマニ教のという意味で使用される。 / マニ教信者に関する、またはマニ教信者を指す。 / 善と悪とを明確に対立させる世界観に基づく、またはそのような視点を示す。

Her Manichaean worldview made it difficult for her to accept moral ambiguity in contemporary literature.

彼女のマニ教的な世界観は、現代文学における道徳的な曖昧さを受け入れることを難しくしていた。

意味（1）

Of or relating to Manichaeism.

Through them passed not only the traders of the Silk Route[…] but also lone Buddhist monks carrying precious cargoes of scrolls in their backpacks, white-robed Manichean sages from Iran and austere Nestorian clerics who founded Christian monasteries even in remote Tibet.

意味（2）

Of or concerning a Manichaean.

意味（3）

(by extension) Referring to a worldview of distinct good and evil.

Detractors of Mr. Nixon will decry the book's [1999: Victory Without War] obsession with potency and winning[…] as well as with a Manichaean view of a world that he sees as divided between the bad Soviet Union and the good United States.

意味（4）

(by extension) That utilizes dark and light to represent good and evil.