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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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   heathen meaning, definition, what is heathen: not connected with or belonging to the C...: Learn more.

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   See synonyms for heathen on Thesaurus.com noun, plural hea·thens, hea·then. (in historical contexts) a member of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a pagan .

4. www.aaihs.org › race-religion-and-the-history-behind-heathenRace, Religion, and The History Behind ‘Heathen’ - AAIHS

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   Dec 15, 2022 · Heathen: Religion and Race in American History, by Kathryn Gin Lum, argues that the label of “heathen” denotes a broad and elastic category that has been applied to vastly different people all over the world by white Christian Americans seeking to define themselves in juxtaposition to a presumably inferior “other.”.

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   Dec 21, 2020 · A heathen, according to this explanation, is a dweller on the heath, which corresponds to the Latin paganus, originally a rustic person and later a worshipper of older gods. Paganus is, of course, the source of pagan. It is presumed that Christian writers in the Germanic languages translated paganus as heathen.

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   n. [ countable] Religion an individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible. an uncultured or uncivilized person. adj. Religion of or relating to heathens; pagan. uncultured or uncivilized. hea•then•dom, n. [ uncountable] hea•then•ish, adj. hea•then•ism, n. [ uncountable]

7. simple.m.wiktionary.org › wiki › heathenheathen - Simple English Wiktionary

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   Apr 26, 2024 · Adjective [ change] Not believing in any religion or anything spiritual. This could also mean an idea that is against all religion. I found him reading some heathen book that claimed to disprove God. ( by extension) Wild or immoral . Everything he does is totally heathen.

8. mimirsbrunnr.com › 2019/03/14 › heathen-origin-and-meaning"Heathen", Origin and Meaning - Mimir's Brunnr

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   Mar 14, 2019 · A term used for someone uncivilised, lacking in culture and morality. Or simply a “pagan”, connected to definition one, a follower of a polytheistic faith. Most people first come across the word in the bible, where it is obviously used exceptionally negatively.