manichéen
French
Etymology
From Latin Manichaeus + -éen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ni.ke.ɛ̃/
Audio (file) Audio (CAN) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛ̃
Noun
manichéen m (plural manichéens, feminine manichéenne)
- Manichaean
Adjective
manichéen (feminine manichéenne, masculine plural manichéens, feminine plural manichéennes)
- (figuratively) simplistic, black and white, binary, Manichaean
- Synonyms: binaire, noir et blanc
- une vision manichéenne ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading
- “manichéen”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.