heathen

Examples

• All

• The law of David shall deal justly with all men, Hebrew and heathen alike.

  King David (1985)

• Tasha and Jochi stared at each other in expressionless silence. Being heathen nomads, they knew they had fewer rights than dogs.

  Fiction book (2002)

• What business have you, heathen?

  The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012)

• But your soul is heathen.

  The Vikings (1958)

• Carry the light of our blessed faith to those in heathen darkness."

  Captain from Castile (1947)

• In heathen times, you might have been a great priestess of Isis.

  Nosferatu (2024)

• For Taylor, the idolatry of the heathen world was an example of the dire consequences of choosing sin.

  Academic text (2003)

• Edwards differed little from other European and American thinkers in classifying the Indians as a heathen and degraded people.

  Academic text (2003)

• The missionaries traveled to remote villages to share their beliefs with the heathen tribes.

• In ancient tales, the heathen worshipped nature and practiced rituals long before major religions.

Synonyms

P

pagan

vsheathen

43 7.5

Relating to older religions with many gods, not Christianity, Judaism, or Islam

is the same meaning often used as a historical or neutral label

P

polytheistic

vsheathen

1 6.8

Believing in many gods

is about not acknowledging Abrahamic God rather than counting gods

H

heathenish

vsheathen

• Archaic

9.9

Having religious customs not part of Christianity, Judaism, or Islam

is more focused on labeling people as outsiders to those faiths

N

nonmonotheistic

vsheathen

8.9

Believing in more than one god

is defined by absence of Abrahamic belief rather than general theology

Antonyms

B

believer

343 3.2

A person who accepts something as true and often supports it, for example a religion or idea

How Religious

devout

55 5.7

religious

∞ 2.7

heathen

• Offensive

10 8.0

atheistic

12 6.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology