heathen
noun
[ ˈhiːð(ə)n ]
• 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"
Similar:
pagan,
infidel,
idolater,
idolatress,
unbeliever,
non-believer,
disbeliever,
atheist,
non-theist,
agnostic,
sceptic,
heretic,
paynim,
nullifidian,
heathen
adjective
• relating to heathens.
• "heathen practices"
Similar:
pagan,
infidel,
idolatrous,
heathenish,
unbelieving,
non-believing,
atheistic,
agnostic,
heretical,
faithless,
godless,
irreligious,
ungodly,
unholy,
barbarian,
barbarous,
savage,
uncivilized,
uncultured,
unenlightened,
primitive,
ignorant,
philistine,
brutish,
barbaric,
nullifidian,
Origin:
Old English hǣthen, 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.
