Manichaean

(măn'ĭ-kē')
n.

A believer in Manichaeism.

adj.

Of or relating to Manichaeism; dualistic.

[From Middle English Maniche, from Late Latin Manichaeus, from Late Greek Manikhaios, from Manikhaios, Manes, the founder of the philosophy.]

As President Bush's approval rating dips to about one third of the US public, he finds a defender in Israeli parliamentarian Natan Sharansky, a former Prisoner of Conscience in the Soviet Union. Sharansky favorably compares Bush's uncompromising black-and-white, i.e., Manichaean, approach to universal freedom and democracy with that of other

"democratic leaders, for whom compromise is critical to effective governance, [and who] hardly ever see any issue in Manichaean terms. In their world, nearly everything is colored in shades of gray."

Link: Dissident President

Posted April 26, 2006.

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characterized by a belief in religious or philosophical dualism