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heathen

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Definition someone who is not civilized or not moral — typically said humorously

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an offensive term for a person who does not believe in a preferred religion — especially someone who grew up in a culture that is not familiar with the religion

More rarely, heathen can refer to a person who lacks culture or good taste.
  • The crusaders called them heathens and they called the crusaders infidels.
heathens = people who do not believe in Christianity
  • Mind your manners, you little heathen.
  • heathen = someone who is not civilized (said humorously)
  • When the book of Psalms talks about heathens, it is talking about people who do not believe in the god of Israel.
  • heathens = people who do not believe in the god of the Bible
  • The Spanish colony prohibited heathen worship.
  • heathen = non-Christian
  • Madeline: You've been downgraded from heathen to heretic.
    Nicola Yoon  --  Everything, Everything
  • heathen = someone who doesn't believe in the right religion
  • Why don't you just write down that you're an absolute heathen!
    Kiera Cass  --  The Selection
  • heathen = someone who is uncivilized
  • The heathen island in the West Indies?
    Elizabeth George Speare  --  The Witch of Blackbird Pond
  • heathen = an offensive term for people who are not Christian
  • Probably they also preferred to take land from heathens rather than from fellow Christians.
    Arthur Miller  --  The Crucible
  • heathens = people who are not Christian
  • "Heathen," she chirps but shuts the door all the same.
    Erich Maria Remarque  --  All Quiet on the Western Front
  • heathen = someone who is not religious (said humorously)
  • "—can't any Christian judges an' lawyers make up for heathen juries," Jem muttered.
    Harper Lee  --  To Kill a Mockingbird
  • heathen = uncivilized or immoral
  • Well now, she continued, several evenings later, you don't think I paid much attention to the heathen?
    Alice Walker  --  The Color Purple
  • heathen = people who do not believe in Christianity
  • "Unless you shave off the mark of your heathen belief I will not admit you into the church," said Mr. Kiaga.
    Chinua Achebe  --  Things Fall Apart
  • heathen = people who do not believe in Christianity
  • I reckon he won't go to heaven. 'Cause he's a little heathen.
    James Vance Marshall  --  Walkabout
  • heathen = someone who is not a Christian
  • He was backed up against a corner of the house of his betrothed and swearing like a heathen.
    Victor Hugo  --  The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • heathen = someone who is uncivilized and immoral
  • If you want to be a heathen, who am I to stop you?
    Homer Hickam  --  October Sky
  • heathen = someone who is not properly religious
  • ...it was to be doubted if he ever knew when Sunday came round, which showed him a worse heathen than many a dog.
    George Eliot  --  Silas Marner
  • heathen = someone who is not a believing Christian
  • You're worse than a heathen — treating your own flesh and blood in that manner!
    Emily Bronte  --  Wuthering Heights
  • heathen = someone who is not civilized or not moral
  • The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
    Agatha Christie  --  And Then There Were None
  • heathen = people who do not believe in the God of the Bible
  • The heathens used a house of God to conceal their keystone.
    Dan Brown  --  The Da Vinci Code
  • heathens = people who do not believe in Christianity
  • They can pray for him, pay money to have the Bible put into his hand, and missionaries to instruct him; while they despise and totally neglect the heathen at their own doors.
    Frederick Douglass  --  The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
heathen = people who do not believe in Christianity

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