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total depravity
noun
- the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
total depravity
noun
- Calvinist the doctrine that man's nature is totally corrupt as a result of the Fall
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Word History and Origins
Origin of total depravity1
First recorded in 1785–95
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Example Sentences
It’s just hard to believe that it steered a slightly crooked, often endearing and largehearted man into total depravity.
From New York Times
Lingan added, “It’s about greed. It’s about anger. It’s about torture. And it’s about total depravity.”
From Washington Post
Indeed, the doctrine of total depravity was invented by the priests to create a demand for the offices of the church.
From Project Gutenberg
But the earlier Fathers did not connect the notion of the vicarious atonement with that of original sin and total depravity.
From Project Gutenberg
He can never resist the temptation to draw a moral, and his dogmatic bias in favor of the doctrine of total depravity is only too evident.
From Project Gutenberg
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