English noun: Manichaeanism | |||
1. | Manichaeanism (cognition) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Manichaeism | ||
Broader (hypernym) | faith, religion, religious belief | ||