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   Heath·en

   /ˈhēT͟H(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. 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: "my brother and I were raised, as my grandma puts it, as heathens"
   • ▪ a follower of a polytheistic religion; a pagan. Similar paganinfidelidolateridolatressunbelievernonbelieverdisbelieveratheistnontheistagnosticskeptichereticrare:paynimnullifidianOpposite Christianbeliever
   • ▪ heathen people collectively, especially (in biblical use) those who did not worship the God of Israel.
   • ▪ an unenlightened person; a person regarded as lacking culture or moral principles: "eat your chips, you little heathen!" Similar philistinebooroafignoramusloutyahoovulgarianplebeianbarbariansavagebeastbruteinformal, derogatory:plebpeasantinformal:oikhoonOpposite civilized person

   adjective

   • 1. relating to heathens: "heathen practices"

   Word Origin Old Englishhǣthen, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heiden and German Heide; generally regarded as a specifically Christian use of a Germanic adjective meaning ‘inhabiting open country’, from the base of heath.

   Derivatives

   • 1. heathendom noun
   • 2. heathenish adjective
   • 3. heathenism noun

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