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heathen
[ hee-thuhn ]
noun
- (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
/ ˈhiːðən /
noun
- a person who does not acknowledge the God of Christianity, Judaism, or Islam; pagan
- an uncivilized or barbaric person
- the heathenfunctioning 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
Derived Forms
- ˈheathenism, noun
- ˈheathenness, noun
Other Words From
- hea·then·dom noun
- hea·then·hood noun
- hea·then·ness noun
- hea·then·ship noun
- half-hea·then adjective noun
- non·hea·then noun plural nonheathens nonheathen adjective
- un·hea·then adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of heathen1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Chaillan wrote that he was very proud of his team creating the DoD Enterprise DevSecOps Initiative, which began spreading the holy word of DevSecOps to the backwards cyber-heathens dwelling in the Pentagon.
For centuries, Christian missionaries in Samiland, an area that stretches over parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, put “heathen” Sami children in boarding schools, with many later saying they had experienced trauma in the institutions.
They also argued that the Bible authorized slavery, and that the slaves were actually being rescued from heathen Africa.
The culprits are not Hasidic Jews running amok around the world or Tea-baggers bent on replanting Christianity among the heathen.
The names of the gods of the heathen were not even to be mentioned; and hence were not to be used in making an oath.
Besides, was not his design to curse Israel either by the true God, or by some gods of the heathen?
Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name.
No wonder that Im a heathen, then; any body would be with such a father, retorted Sue.
As separated from the heathen, and called to the service of God, Israel appeared a holy people.
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