depravity
depravity
Definition
de·prav·ity (dē prav′ə tē, di-)
noun
- a depraved condition; corruption; wickedness
- pl. depravities -·ties a depraved act or practice
Etymology: altered (after deprave) < obs. pravity < L pravitas, crookedness
depravity
Synonyms
depravity
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- heart: The Bible teaches us that the answer lies in the depravity of the human heart.
- nature: The cross-examination undertaken by them was necessitated by the fact both of the credulity and depravity of human nature.
- man: What do we mean, then, it may be asked, by the universal depravity of man?
- slavery: Small islands cannot no more than slaves could convince their slave masters of the moral depravity of slavery.
- race: And this is the essential depravity of the race, as every parent knows.
- time: March 26, 1778 Coachmakers-Hall ' Is not the glaring depravity of the times owing to a bad system in the education of youth?
Possessives
- man: Man's depravity will not be altered by a cultural morality.
Converse of object
- show: It showed the depravity and the wicked intent of bin Laden and those who would follow in his path.
- deny: In denying the depravity of the human heart, liberalism also ruled out the need for our spiritual regeneration.
- ignore: Second, this emphasis on secular psychology ignores the depravity of the human heart.
Adjective modifier
- moral: Small islands cannot no more than slaves could convince their slave masters of the moral depravity of slavery.
- total: Whenever you start doubting total depravity, you need to read the book of the Judges.
- sexual: Just think of the Catholic Church and how long it took them to accept the huge amount of sexual depravity within their priesthood.
- human: The weight of human depravity was simply too much to be balanced by eliminating private property.
- own: Will you burn a girl to satisfy your own depravity?
- natural: Father, help us, these are hard sayings and they run against the grain of our natural depravity.
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