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TOTAL DEPRAVITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does total depravity mean?
• TOTAL DEPRAVITY (noun)
The noun TOTAL DEPRAVITY has 1 sense:
1. the Calvinist doctrine that everyone is born in a state of corruption as a result of original sin
Familiarity information: TOTAL DEPRAVITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Calvinist doctrine that everyone is born in a state of corruption as a result of original sin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("total depravity" is a kind of...):
theological doctrine (the doctrine of a religious group)
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