Dictionary 1. (n.) The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.2. (n.) Original sin; human frailty. Thesaurus Adam Marxism animality atomism beastliness behaviorism bestiality brutality brutishness carnal nature carnal-mindedness carnality coarseness commonsense realism dialectical materialism earthiness earthliness empiricism epiphenomenalism fallen nature fallen state flesh fleshliness grossness historical materialism hylomorphism hylotheism hylozoism lapsed state lasciviousness lecherousness lechery licentiousness lustfulness materialism mechanism natural realism naturalism new realism nonspirituality physicalism physicism positive philosophy positivism postlapsarian state pragmaticism pragmatism realism representative realism secularism sensualism sensuality substantialism swinishness temporality the Old Adam the beast the flesh the offending Adam unchastity unspirituality voluptuousness worldliness |