sinfulness
has definitions from the field of religion
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[ noun ] (religion) estrangement from god
Synonyms Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)His rage assumes a religious form ; that_is , on the basis of his own sinfulness and abject wretchedness , Piepsam becomes a prophet who in his ecstasy and in the name of God imprecates doom on Life - not_only the cyclist now , but the audience , the world , as_well : `` all you light-headed breed '' . His religiousness is intimately , or dialectically , connected with his sinfulness ; the two may in_fact be identical . (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)In_contrast_to this Stoic patristic view , Utopia implies that the nature of man is such that to rely_on individual conscience to supply the deficiencies of municipal law is to embark on the bottomless sea of human sinfulness in a sieve . Related terms |
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