total depravity

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   the Calvinist doctrine that everyone is born in a state of corruption as a result of original sin

   Broadertheological doctrine

Questions about total depravity

What does total depravity mean?

total depravity means "the Calvinist doctrine that everyone is born in a state of corruption as a result of original sin".

Is total depravity a common word?

total depravity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.