Heathen synonyms

hē'thən

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skeptic (related)
A member of any of the ancient Greek philosophical schools that denied the possibility of any certain knowledge
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pagan
Relating to, characteristic of or adhering to non-Abrahamist religions, especially earlier polytheism.
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non-jewish
not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam
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gentile
Of or relating to a gentile.
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sun-worshiping
not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam
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ethnic
Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, national, religious or cultural origins.
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agnostic
Relating to or being an agnostic.
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infidel
Of infidels
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fetishistic
Of or pertaining to fetishism or fetishists
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infidelic
not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam
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idolater
A person who worships an idol or idols
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barbarian
(Derogatory) Someone from a developing country or backward culture.
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christian (antonym)
Of or representing Christians or Christianity
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religious (antonym)
Belonging to a community of monks, nuns, etc.
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moral (antonym)
Based on strong likelihood or firm conviction, rather than on the actual evidence:
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impious (related)
Lacking reverence; not pious.
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primitive (related)
Of or relating to an early or original stage or state; primeval:
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atheist
Of or relating to atheists or atheism; atheistic.
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foreign
Conducted or involved with other nations or governments; not domestic:
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godless
Impious or immoral:
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heathenish
Sort-of or somewhat like a heathen.
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irreligious
Not in accord with religious principles; profane; impious
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nonbeliever
not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam
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paganic
Of or relating to pagans or paganism; heathenish.
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paganish
(Archaic) pagan
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paynim
not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam
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uncircumcised
(Archaic) Heathen
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unconverted
Not converted (especially in the religious sense)
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unenlightened
Not enlightened; ignorant in general or of some particular fact.
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unfamiliar
Not familiar or well-known; strange
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believing (antonym)
godless
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godly (antonym)
Having great reverence for God; pious.
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paganistic
Involving or resembling paganism.
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heathens (related)
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israelite (related)
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idolatry (related)
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sectary (related)
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chaldeans (related)
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getae (related)
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canaanites (related)
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philistine (related)
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idolatrous
Of or pertaining to idolatry.
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unchristian
Not believing in or conforming to the doctrines of Christianity.
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non-muslim
Not Muslim
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uncivilized
Used to describe behaviours deemed savage or inappropriate.
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barbaric
The definition of barbaric is something that is primitive or uncivilized.
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amoral
(Of people) not believing in or caring for morality and immorality
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atheistic
Of or relating to atheists or atheism
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idolistic
not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam
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henotheistic
Relating to henotheism.
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polytheistic
Of or relating to polytheism
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demonolatrous
not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam
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Heathen Sentence Examples

  • This was no doubt a place of religious sacrifice in heathen times.

  • He belongs to the heathen Gnosis, and is in his essence the same as the Babylonian Marduk.

  • 754 at the hands of some heathen Frisians.

  • 4), the latter taxes the Catholics with having turned the sacrifices of the heathen into agapes, their idols into martyrs, whom they worship with similar rites.

  • Reason is in his idea not the individual reason, but the fountain of natural truth, whose chief channels are the various systems of heathen philosophy, and more especially the thoughts of Plato and the methods of Aristotle.

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