depravity
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Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /dəˈprævɪti/
Noun [edit]
depravity (plural depravities)
- (uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
- 1850, Herman Melville, White Jacket, or, The World on a Man-of-War, ch. 34,
- Depravity in the oppressed is no apology for the oppressor.
- 1850, Herman Melville, White Jacket, or, The World on a Man-of-War, ch. 34,
- (countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
- 1914, Julian Hawthorne, The Subterranean Brotherhood, ch. 16,
- There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities.
- 1914, Julian Hawthorne, The Subterranean Brotherhood, ch. 16,
- (uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne,The Scarlet Letter, ch. 8,
- Here is a child of three years old, and she cannot tell who made her! Without question, she is equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity, and future destiny!
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne,The Scarlet Letter, ch. 8,
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Translations [edit]
The state or condition of being depraved
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A particular depraved act or trait
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Inborn corruption
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References [edit]
- “depravity” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- depravity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “depravity” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- "depravity" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
- "depravity" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus © Wordsmyth 2002.
- "depravity" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press 2007.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
