Definition of Depravity

1. Noun. Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles. "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"

Exact synonyms: Corruption, Degeneracy, Depravation, Putrefaction
Generic synonyms: Immorality
Derivative terms: Deprave, Deprave, Depraved

2. Noun. A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice. "The various turpitudes of modern society"
Exact synonyms: Turpitude
Generic synonyms: Evildoing, Transgression

Definition of Depravity

1. n. The state of being depraved or corrupted; a vitiated state of moral character; general badness of character; wickedness of mind or heart; absence of religious feeling and principle.

Definition of Depravity

1. Noun. The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement. ¹

2. Noun. A particular depraved act or trait. ¹

3. Noun. (context: uncountable Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Depravity

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Medical Definition of Depravity

1. The stae of being depraved or corrupted; a vitiated state of moral character; general badness of character; wickedness of mind or heart; absence of religious feeling and principle. Total depravity. See Original sin, and Calvinism. Synonym: Corruption, vitiation, wickedness, vice, contamination, degeneracy. Depravity, Depravation, Corruption. Depravilty is a vitiated state of mind or feeling; as, the depravity of the human heart; depravity of public morals. Depravation points to the act or process of making depraved, and hence to the end thus reached; as, a gradual depravation of principle; a depravation of manners, of the heart, etc. Corruption is the only one of these words which applies to physical substances, and in reference to these denotes the process by which their component parts are dissolved. Hence, when figuratively used, it denotes an utter vitiation of principle or feeling. Depravity applies only to the mind and heart: we can speak of a depraved taste, or a corrupt taste; in the first we introduce the notion that there has been the influence of bad training to pervert; in the second, that there is a want of true principle to pervert; in the second, that there is a want of true principles to decide. The other two words have a wider use: we can speak of the depravation or the corruption of taste and public sentiment. Depravity is more or less open; corruption is more or less disguised in its operations. What is depraved requires to be reformed; what is corrupt requires to be purified. Origin: From Deprave: cf. L. Pravitas crookedness, perverseness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Depravity

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Literary usage of Depravity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Orthodoxy: Its Truths and Errors by James Freeman Clarke (1918)
"But physical depravity is not guilt, but only disease. § 9. Truth in the Doctrine of Total depravity. — Nevertheless there is a sense in which man may be ..."

2. The Methodist Review (1899)
"depravity. Two articles appeared in different issues of the "Arena" for 1898 which, ... The first declares that, " as to man's total depravity, ..."

3. Theology: Explained and Defended in a Series of Sermons by Timothy Dwight (1846)
"The depravity of Man is either caused, or casual. If it be casual; ... It will, I presume, be admitted, that there is a cause of this depravity. ..."

4. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1879)
"From what has been said, it seems, that, for judging of Rules for the indication that is afforded concerning the depravity of a the ..."

5. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"JOHNSON. The corruption of onr taste is not of equal consequence with the depravation of onr virtue. WARTON. depravity m depravation implies crookedness, ..."

6. Noyesism Unveiled: A History of the Sect Self-styled Perfectionists : with a by Hubbard Eastman (1849)
"In relation to human depravity he has advanced some peculiar notions. ... But there ia a subdivision in the depravity of human nature. ..."

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