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unregenerate

adjective
un·​re·​gen·​er·​ate | \ ˌən-ri-ˈje-nə-rət How to pronounce unregenerate (audio) , -ˈjen-rət\

Definition of unregenerate

1 : not regenerate the unregenerate condition of humanity unregenerate pagans
2a : not reformed : unreconstructed unregenerate liberals unregenerate Confederates
b : obstinate, stubborn struggling against unregenerate impulses his unregenerate competitiveness
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Other Words from unregenerate

unregenerately adverb

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There was a time when the adjective "regenerate" had more to do with being spiritually reborn than with being physically re-created; in the 16th century, "regenerate" was used of someone spiritually reborn. By the late 1500s, English speakers had added "un-" to "regenerate" to describe someone who refused to accept spiritual reformation. Since then, "unregenerate" has taken on a life of its own, gaining the extended specific meanings of "unconverted to a particular doctrinaire viewpoint," "persisting in a reactionary stand," or just plain "stubborn." Both "regenerate" and "unregenerate" trace back to the Latin genus, meaning "birth" or "descent."

First Known Use of unregenerate

1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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