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.

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Origin of total depravity

First recorded in 1785–95

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British Dictionary definitions for total depravity

total depravity

noun

mainly Calvinist the doctrine that man's nature is totally corrupt as a result of the Fall

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