unfallen
- adjective
- Literature
- The dancer in Kleist's "On the Marionette Theater" speaks of puppets as ideal revisions of the human, unfallen and innocent actors uninfected by self-consciousness.
Examples
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The new facilities laid out beyond population centers imitated an unfallen Eden by perfecting features found in ordinary landscapes.
Academic text (2015) -
These unfallen, pretechnological implements, employed in unfallen work (not labor), again, in their prenatural status, parallel the matter of unfallen sexuality.
Academic text (1997) -
Many people believe that innocence can be preserved in an unfallen state, free from the corruption of the world.
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In some philosophies, children are seen as unfallen beings, untouched by the moral failings of adulthood.
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The concept of an unfallen state often represents a time when humanity was pure and morally sound.
Synonyms
Not guilty of a crime or wrongdoing
Morally good and not involved in sexual activity
Not guilty of any wrong
Free from any marks, damage, or bad actions
Not responsible for doing anything wrong
Someone who has done nothing wrong
Not harmed by bad things, especially in reputation
Not made dishonest by money or power
Not spoiled by dirt, harm, or bad things
Not damaged or harmed
Honest and unwilling to take bribes
Not having a damaged reputation
Honest and pure in actions and motives
A person who has no moral faults
Not spoiled and still pure in body or mind
Having a clean reputation with no scandal
Antonyms
How Pure
Surface Forms
Morphology
unfallen = fallen (transparent) = un + fall + en
The negative prefix 'un-' straightforwardly negates the moral/ethical meaning of 'fallen'.
Etymology
Unfallen is made from un- 'not' and fallen 'to fall', so it literally means 'not fallen'. A helpful way to remember the moral sense is to think of a person who has 'not fallen' into sin and so remains pure or innocent.