unregenerated
Definition
Adjective: 1. Not morally or spiritually reformed; remaining unchanged in character, especially from a negative or sinful state. This describes a person, quality, or institution that has not undergone a process of moral improvement, repentance, or spiritual renewal. It implies a persistent adherence to old, often undesirable, ways.
Usage and Examples
The adjective unregenerated is typically used in formal, religious, or literary contexts to describe a fundamental, unchanging nature.
- The preacher spoke of the struggle between the unregenerated soul and the call to divine grace.
- His unregenerated cynicism made him distrust any offer of help.
- The critique focused on the unregenerated elitism within the institution's centuries-old traditions.
Advanced Usage
- As a defining characteristic: The term is often used to label a core, unchangeable aspect of a person or group's nature, suggesting it is inherent and resistant to reform.
- The novel explores the conflict through the eyes of an unregenerated anti-hero.
- In theological context: Specifically contrasts with "regenerated" or "born again," describing a person who has not experienced spiritual conversion or salvation.
- The doctrine addresses the state of unregenerated humanity.
Variants and Related Words
- Unregenerate (adjective): This is the more common and standard form, identical in meaning to "unregenerated." The two are often used interchangeably.
- He held an unregenerate view of the policy.
- Regenerated (adjective): The direct antonym, meaning having been reformed, renewed, or spiritually reborn.
- Unreformed (adjective): Similar in meaning but often used in more secular contexts (e.g., political, institutional) without the strong spiritual connotation.
Synonyms
- Unreformed
- Unrepentant
- Unreconstructed
- Impenitent
- Obdurate (in the sense of stubbornly resistant to moral influence)
Antonyms
- Regenerated
- Reformed
- Penitent
- Repentant
- Redeemed
Adjective
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not reformed morally or spiritually
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unregenerate human nature
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unregenerate conservatism
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