lapsarian

lapsarian
Of or pertaining to the fall of man from innocence, especially to the role of women in that fall.
2. noun
One who believes that mankind has fallen from a better state.
See Also: antelapsarian, ante-lapsarian, infralapsarian, infra-lapsarian, lapsarianism, prelapsarian, pre-lapsarian, postlapsarian, post-lapsarian, sublapsarian, sub-lapsarian, superlapsarian, super-lapsarian, supralapsarian, supra-lapsarian

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