Found 2 items, similar to total depravity.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: total depravity total depravity n : the Calvinist doctrine that everyone is born in a state of corruption as a result of original sin
English → English (gcide) Definition: total depravity Original \O*rig"i*nal\, a. [F. original, L. originalis.] [1913 Webster] 1. Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process. [1913 Webster] His form had yet not lost All her original brightness. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not copied, imitated, or translated; new; fresh; genuine; as, an original thought; an original process; the original text of Scripture. [1913 Webster] 3. Having the power to suggest new thoughts or combinations of thought; inventive; as, an original genius. [1913 Webster] 4. Before unused or unknown; new; as, a book full of original matter. [1913 Webster] Original sin (Theol.), the first sin of Adam, as related to its consequences to his descendants of the human race; -- called also total depravity. See Calvinism. [1913 Webster]