fallenness
- noun
- /ˈfɔːlənəs/
- Literature
:
degradación
- The author explores the theme of fallenness in human nature throughout the novel, highlighting our moral struggles.
Examples
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What experience can I share to open your eyes to the fallenness of this entire political system?
Blog text (31) -
This aspect of the spiral-to-integration paradigm finds its best-known expression in the Western religious ideas of sin, fallenness, and divine transcendence.
Academic text (1990) -
Indeed, Waugh's history here and in Brideshead is less the place where a fall from some Golden Age occurs than it is itself the very condition of our fallenness.
Academic text (2000) -
Many philosophers have written about the fallenness of society and the need for spiritual redemption.
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In her speech, the leader addressed the fallenness of political ideals, urging a return to ethical principles.
Antonyms
How Moral
1
5.6
259
3.8
- Literature
- Formal
25
8.8
- Offensive
2
7.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
fallenness = fallen (semi-transparent) = fall + en + ness
Formed from 'fallen' + '-ness'; the moral/spiritual abstraction is understandable but somewhat figurative and may not be fully predictable for all learners.
Etymology
Fallenness is made from fall ('to move down') and -ness ('state'), so it literally means the 'state of having fallen'. Used for people or groups, it gives the image of someone who has 'fallen' from a higher moral or spiritual condition, which is why it means a loss of goodness or innocence.