different between depravity vs viciousness

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 viciousnesse; equivalent to vicious +? -ness.

Noun

viciousness (countable and uncountable, plural viciousnesses)

1. the characteristic of being vicious

   Synonyms: viciosity, vitiosity

2. the desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty

Translations

Middle English

Noun

viciousness

1. Alternative form of viciousnesse