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heathen
[hee-thuhn]
noun
plural
heathens, heathen(in historical contexts) a member of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a pagan.
Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.
a person who is not a Christian, Jew, or Muslim.
an irreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized person.
adjective
(in historical contexts) of or relating to heathens; pagan.
Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.
relating to a religion, person, or culture that is not Christian, Jewish, or Muslim.
irreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized.
heathen
/ ˈːðə /
noun
a person who does not acknowledge the God of Christianity, Judaism, or Islam; pagan
an uncivilized or barbaric person
(functioning as plural) heathens collectively
adjective
irreligious; pagan
unenlightened; uncivilized; barbaric
of or relating to heathen peoples or their religious, moral, and other customs, practices, and beliefs
Other 51Թ Forms
- heathendom noun
- heathenhood noun
- heathenness noun
- heathenship noun
- half-heathen adjective
- nonheathen noun
- unheathen adjective
- ˈٳԾ noun
- ˈٳԲԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of heathen1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The Trump Tower shimmered in the distance like a mean-spirited heathen God of diseased greed; rapturous and belching out the capitalistic indulgence of America as if in the throes of passion.
That justifies viewing others as “heathens,” including the enslaved Blacks and the Native Americans whose land was being taken.
“I was looking for the heathens, but there are none,” said Wayne Harris, 75, who had traveled from costal Rockport, Texas.
He added that in his view the modern tradition of Halloween had been conceived in a "heathen, contemporary world", as a counterbalance to the Catholic feast of All Souls' Day.
“I sent him away so he could be free from her influence. Not that a heathen would understand salvation.”
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