total depravity
noun
the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
Origin of total depravity
First recorded in 1785–95
Words nearby total depravity
British Dictionary definitions for total depravity
total depravity
noun
mainly Calvinist
the doctrine that man's nature is totally corrupt as a result of the Fall