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original sin (s) (noun), original sins (pl)
The belief taught by Christian preachers that there are some people who will naturally do bad or evil things: There are criminals, and even non-criminals, who are guilty of committing immoral or unacceptable original sins

Original sins come from the fact that we come into this world not as isolated individuals, but as members of the human race inheriting both good and evil features from the human race inheriting both good and evil features from the past.

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