heathen
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Germanic: fom Old English hæþen, akin to heath on the moor, the poor, 'wild' countryside; cognate with Dutch heiden, German Heide.
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -iːðən
[edit] Adjective
heathen (not comparable)
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- not adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan.
- (by extension) uncultured; uncivilized; savage, philistine.
- pertaining to currents of Germanic neo-paganism known as Heathenry.
[edit] Translations
not adhering to an Abrahamic religion
savage
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pertaining to Germanic or latin Asatru more commonly known as heathenry
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[edit] Noun
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heathen (plural heathen or heathens)
- A person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion; a pagan.
- (by extension) An uncultured or uncivilized person, philistine.
- Self-designation of some adherents of neo-paganism.
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[edit] Translations
person who does not follow an Abrahamic religion
uncultured or uncivilized person
self-designation of some adherents of neo-paganism
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