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heathen

[ hee-thuhn ]

noun

plural heathens, heathen.
  1. (in historical contexts) a member of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a pagan.
  2. Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.
    1. a person who is not a Christian, Jew, or Muslim.
    2. an irreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized person.


adjective

  1. (in historical contexts) of or relating to heathens; pagan.
  2. Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.
    1. relating to a religion, person, or culture that is not Christian, Jewish, or Muslim.
    2. irreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized.

heathen

/ ˈ³ó¾±Ëðə²Ô /

noun

  1. a person who does not acknowledge the God of Christianity, Judaism, or Islam; pagan
  2. an uncivilized or barbaric person
  3. the heathen
    functioning as plural heathens collectively
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. irreligious; pagan
  2. unenlightened; uncivilized; barbaric
  3. of or relating to heathen peoples or their religious, moral, and other customs, practices, and beliefs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³ó±ð²¹³Ù³ó±ð²Ô¾±²õ³¾, noun
  • ˈ³ó±ð²¹³Ù³ó±ð²Ô²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³ó±ð²¹Â·³Ù³ó±ð²Ô·»å´Ç³¾ noun
  • ³ó±ð²¹Â·³Ù³ó±ð²Ô·³ó´Ç´Ç»å noun
  • ³ó±ð²¹Â·³Ù³ó±ð²Ô·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ³ó±ð²¹Â·³Ù³ó±ð²Ô·²õ³ó¾±±è noun
  • ³ó²¹±ô´Ú-³ó±ð²¹Â·³Ù³ó±ð²Ô adjective noun
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ô·³ó±ð²¹Â·³Ù³ó±ð²Ô noun plural nonheathens nonheathen adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·³ó±ð²¹Â·³Ù³ó±ð²Ô adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of heathen1

First recorded before 900; Middle English hethen, Old English ³óÇ£³Ù³ó±ð²Ô, akin to German Heide, heidnisch (adjective), Old Norse heithingi (noun), heithinn (adjective), Gothic haithno (noun); perhaps akin to heath
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of heathen1

Old English ³óÇ£³Ù³ó±ð²Ô; related to Old Norse heithinn, Old Frisian ³óŧ³Ù³ó¾±²Ô, Old High German heidan
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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.

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That justifies viewing others as “heathens,†including the enslaved Blacks and the Native Americans whose land was being taken.

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“I was looking for the heathens, but there are none,†said Wayne Harris, 75, who had traveled from costal Rockport, Texas.

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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.

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“I sent him away so he could be free from her influence. Not that a heathen would understand salvation.â€

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