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total depravity
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total depravity
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(Christianity / Protestantism) Chiefly Calvinist theol the doctrine that man's nature is totally corrupt as a result of the Fall
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Noun1.total depravity - the Calvinist doctrine that everyone is born in a state of corruption as a result of original sin
theological doctrine - the doctrine of a religious group
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Blackwood's barrister Vincent Coughlin said: "The offence was one of utter depravity, violently undertaken against a defenceless, solitary and infirm victim.
REVEALED Sex beast who tried to rape a widow, 101; EXCLUSIVE EXPOSES ... by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Earlier, Vincent Coughlin, defending, said of his client: "The offence of which he has been convicted was in anyone's view one of utter depravity violently undertaken against a defenceless, solitary and infirm victim.
Pervert given life in prison; COURTS: Man who tried to rape woman ... by Birmingham Mail (England)
Only the sister who, at Auschwitz and Belsen, had seen her own share of the utter depravity behind the horror of warfare, had any real compassion for him; his other siblings were ashamed and, no doubt, afraid of what they perceived as his ``weakness''.
VIEWPOINT: MY SHOUT by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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