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seven deadly sins

plural noun

  1. a fuller name for the deadly sins
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


seven deadly sins

  1. Widely known in the Middle Ages as sins that lead to damnation . They are: pride, covetousness (greed), lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth. ( See mortal sin/venial sin .)
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“Of the seven deadly sins, all but sloth emerge from the seduction that beckons.”

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Gluttony is one of Christianity’s seven deadly sins.

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On the surface, the story of Red Lobster’s bankruptcy is about one of the seven deadly sins: gluttony.

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Each cone represents one of the seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride.

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The common thread running through all seven deadly sins is the evocation of fear and envy, fear that the powers that be — often described as "liberal elites" — are threatening “our” freedom or otherwise trying to control us, and envy that these same shadowy forces help and support everyone else but “us.”

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