prelapsarian
/ˌpriːlæpˈsɛriən/
adjective
- Relating to the time or state before the Fall of Man in the Bible (before Adam and Eve's sin); innocent, perfect, or uncorrupted.
- The novel imagines a prelapsarian world without suffering or evil.
- The garden was described in prelapsarian terms, full of peace and harmony.
- She looked back on her childhood as a prelapsarian time of pure happiness.
- Figuratively, describing a state of innocence, perfection, or bliss before a major problem or change.
- They remembered the early days of their relationship as a prelapsarian idyll.
- The prelapsarian belief in technology's ability to solve all problems is now questioned.
- The company's prelapsarian optimism faded after the financial crisis.
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