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pagan

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As an adjective, pagan means relating to, characteristic of religions that differ from main world religions. As a noun, it means a person not adhering to a main world religion.

Meanings of pagan

9 meanings

adjective

  1. Relating to, characteristic of religions that differ from main world religions.

    “Many converted societies transformed their pagan deities into saints.”

  2. pejorativeSavage, immoral, uncivilized, wild.

  3. Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam

    Similar: heathen, heathenish, ethnic

noun

  1. A person not adhering to a main world religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion.

    “This community has a surprising number of pagans.”

  2. pejorativeAn uncivilized or unsocialized person.

  3. pejorativeAn unruly, badly educated child.

  4. A person who does not acknowledge your godperson

    Similar: heathen, gentile, infidel

  5. A person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)person

  6. Someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasuresperson

    Similar: hedonist, pleasure seeker

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

All synonyms for pagan →
adjective: not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and…
heathenheathenishethnic
noun: a person who does not acknowledge your god
heathengentileinfidel
noun: someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
hedonistpleasure seeker

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