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Definition of "lapsarian" [lapsarian]

  • Of or pertaining to the fall of man from innocence, especially to the role of women in that fall. (adjective)
  • One who believes that mankind has fallen from a better state. (noun)

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Use "lapsarian" in a sentence
  • "Marionette Theater ], had cast the coincidentia in lapsarian-mythic terms of"
  • "Oh I know, post-lapsarian; I am definitely conscious of my fall from an edenic state of grace!"
  • "Both Munif and Achebe present a somewhat pre-lapsarian view of the original societies."
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