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Heathen (adjective)
Not adhering to Christian religion; pagan.
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Heathen (adjective)
Uncultured; uncivilized; savage, philistine.
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Heathen (adjective)
alternative case form of Heathen|nodot=1pertaining or adhering to the Germanic neo-pagan faith Heathenry.
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Heathen (noun)
A person who does not follow a Christian religion; a pagan.
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Heathen (noun)
An uncultured or uncivilized person, philistine.
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Heathen (noun)
alternative case form of Heathen|nodot=1an adherent of the Germanic neo-pagan faith of Heathenry.
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Pagan (adjective)
Relating to, characteristic of religions that differ from main world religions.
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Pagan (adjective)
Savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild.
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Pagan (noun)
A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion.
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Pagan (noun)
An uncivilized or unsocialized person.
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Pagan (noun)
An unruly, badly educated child.
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Heathen (noun)
a person who does not belong to a widely held religion (especially one who is not a Christian, Jew, or Muslim) as regarded by those who do
“a chance of salvation for the heathen”
“my brother and I were raised, as my grandma puts it, as heathens”
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Heathen (noun)
a follower of a polytheistic religion; a pagan.
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Heathen (noun)
a person regarded as lacking culture or moral principles
“eat your chips, you little heathen!”
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Heathen (adjective)
relating to heathens
“heathen practices”
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Pagan (noun)
a town in Burma, situated on the River Irrawaddy south-east of Mandalay. It is the site of an ancient city, founded in about AD 849, which was the capital of a powerful Buddhist dynasty from the 11th to the end of the 13th centuries.
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Pagan (adjective)
relating to pagans or their beliefs
“a pagan god”