Heathen (Noun)
Meaning
A person who does not acknowledge your god.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The missionary saw the islanders as heathens in need of salvation through her faith.
- In the eyes of the devout priest, anyone who rejected the teachings of the scripture was a heathen.
- The villagers viewed the stranger as a heathen because he did not worship their gods.
- The ancient Greeks considered the barbarian tribes to the north as heathens, uncivilized and without culture.
- The Christian crusaders saw the Muslims as heathens, infidels who needed to be converted or defeated.