original sin en · NOUN
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Etymology
Calque of Latin peccātum orīgināle, a phrase used by 4th-century Berber theologian and saint Augustine of Hippo in his interpretations of the Bible.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) Adam's disobedience to God, beginning with his eating of the forbidden fruit, often depicted as an apple.
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(countable, uncountable) The state of sinfulness, present in each human from birth, which is a result of Adam's disobedience.
I vvas baptized in thy Cordiall vvater, againſt Original ſinne, and I haue drunke of thy Cordiall Blood, for my recouerie, from actuall, and habituall ſinne, in the other Sacrament.
1624, John Donne, “11. Prayer.”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, pages 280–281:You have to give director Colm McCarthy, a Scottish TV veteran making his feature film debut, and writer Mike Carey, adapting his own novel, credit for attempting the seemingly impossible task of doing something new with the zombie subgenre. And by blending it with the common YA trope of a young female protagonist who leads the world into a new revolutionary era, they almost get there—largely thanks to newcomer Nanua, who presents her character’s grappling with complex themes of identity and original sin with a childlike guilelessness.
2017 February 23, Katie Rife, “The Girl With All The Gifts tries to put a fresh spin on overripe zombie clichés”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2017:
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) The misdeed partially or entirely responsible for all of the similar ones after it.
The dim-wits hardly realize that they come pretty close to accusing God of advocating ritual murder, when they use the Biblical story to prove the “original sin” of the Jews.
1970, Morris Kominsky, chapter II, in The Hoaxers: Plain Liars, Fancy Liars, and Damned Liars, volume I, Boston: Branden Press, Inc., 8283-1288-5, page 191:
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| original sins | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (52)
ro păcat originar (state of sinfulness in each human) · el προπατορικό αμάρτημα (state of sinfulness in each human) · ro păcat strămoșesc (state of sinfulness in each human) · ro păcatul strămoșesc (Adam's disobedience) · vi nguyên tội (state of sinfulness in each human) · crh ilk güna (state of sinfulness in each human) · pt pecado original (state of sinfulness in each human) · is erfðasynd (Adam's disobedience) · es pecado original (state of sinfulness in each human) · mk првороден грев (state of sinfulness in each human) · ga peaca an tsinsir (state of sinfulness in each human) · nn arvesynd (state of sinfulness in each human) · he הַחֵטְא הַקַּדְמוֹן (state of sinfulness in each human) · gd peacadh an nàdair (state of sinfulness in each human) · fr péché originel (Adam's disobedience) · ar اَلْخَطِيئَة اَلْأَصْلِيَّة (state of sinfulness in each human) · de Erbsünde (state of sinfulness in each human) · cs prvotní hřích (state of sinfulness in each human) · de Ursünde (Adam's disobedience) · cy llwgr gwreiddiol (state of sinfulness in each human) · pl grzech pierworodny (state of sinfulness in each human) · fo arvsynd (state of sinfulness in each human) · tl unang sala (state of sinfulness in each human) · de Erbsünde (Adam's disobedience) · fi perisynti (Adam's disobedience) · ja 原罪 (state of sinfulness in each human) · is erfðasynd (state of sinfulness in each human) · fi perisynti (state of sinfulness in each human) · tl salang orihinal (state of sinfulness in each human) · nl erfzonde (state of sinfulness in each human) · sv arvsynd (state of sinfulness in each human) · la peccātum orīgināle (state of sinfulness in each human) · lv iedzimtais grēks (state of sinfulness in each human) · da arvesynd (state of sinfulness in each human) · fr péché originel (state of sinfulness in each human) · ca pecat original (state of sinfulness in each human) · id dosa asal (state of sinfulness in each human) · gl pecado orixinal (state of sinfulness in each human) · th บาปกำเนิด (state of sinfulness in each human) · da arvesynd (Adam's disobedience) · la peccātum orīgināle (Adam's disobedience) · ru перворо́дный гре́х (state of sinfulness in each human) · it peccato originale (Adam's disobedience) · nb arvesynd (state of sinfulness in each human) · de Ursünde (state of sinfulness in each human) · grc προπατορικὸν ἁμάρτημα (state of sinfulness in each human) · ms dosa asal (state of sinfulness in each human) · it peccato originale (state of sinfulness in each human) · fo arvasynd (state of sinfulness in each human) · ro păcatul originar (Adam's disobedience) · gd peacadh-gine (state of sinfulness in each human) · cmn 原罪 (state of sinfulness in each human)