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not civilized
- old missionaries who mistakenly thought that they were going off to China to tame the heathen hordes
Synonyms for heathen
- barbarian,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- heathenish,
- natural,
- Neanderthal
- (or Neandertal),
- rude,
- savage,
- uncivil,
- uncivilized,
- uncultivated,
- wild
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heathen
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of heathen (Entry 2 of 2)
1
a person who does not worship the God of the Bible
- a study of the beliefs and practices of ancient heathens
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- non-Christian,
- non-Jew,
- non-Muslim
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- Christian,
- Jew,
- Muslim
2
an uncivilized person
- European colonizers, who considered the New World peoples to be heathens, forced them to conform to European ways
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“Heathen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heathen. Accessed 20 Sep. 2021.
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