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Manichaean

Alt. of Manichee

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Broader term 2

Adherent 76% connected

Sticking; clinging; adhering.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Disciple 76% connected

One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the doctrine of hi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Derivationally related 2

Dualism 74% connected

State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dualism 74% connected

State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Pertains to 1

Dualism 66% connected

State of being dual or twofold; a twofold division; any system which is founded on a double principle, or a twofold distinction

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Dualistic 92% connected

Consisting of two; pertaining to dualism or duality.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Manichean 92% connected

Alt. of Manichee

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Manichee 92% connected

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, an…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.