different between depravity vs evilness

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??p?æv?ti/

Noun

depravity (countable and uncountable, plural depravities)

1. (uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
2. (countable) A particular depraved act or trait.
3. (uncountable, Christian theology) Inborn corruption, entailing the belief that every facet of human nature has been polluted, defiled, and contaminated by sin.

Synonyms

• wickedness

Related terms

• depravation
• depravedness

Translations

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “depravity”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• depravity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “depravity” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "depravity" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002)
• "depravity" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary (1987-1996)

Anagrams

• varityped

English

Etymology

From Middle English yvelnes, from Old English yfelnyss; equivalent to evil +? -ness.

Noun

evilness (countable and uncountable, plural evilnesses)

1. The quality or state of being evil.

Synonyms

• badness
• viciousness
• malignity
• vileness

Translations

Further reading

• evilness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• evilness in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• liveness, veinless, vileness, vineless