pagan

pagan
n
1. heathen, unbeliever, nonbeliever, infidel, Archaic. paynim, Islam. kafir, Turkish. giaour, gentile; idolater, idolizer, idolatrizer, sun worshiper, heliolater, star worshiper, fetishist, zoolater, animal worshiper, fire worshiper, devil worshiper, demon worshiper; pantheist, animist, primitive, aboriginal, barbarian, philistine; savage, Caliban; irreligionist, hedonist, earthling, worldling.
2. atheist, freethinker, disbeliever, nullifidian, nihilist, agnostic, skeptic, Pyrrhonist, minimifidian; doubter, Doubting Thomas; iconoclast, secularist; apostate, heretic, backslider, antichrist.
adj
3. idolatrous, idol-worshiping, idolistic, icon-worshiping, fetishistic; heathen, heathenish, infidel, paganish, paganistic, gentile, godless; pantheistic, pantheistical, polytheistic, animist, animistic, voodoo-istic, demonolatrous; barbarous, primitive, uncivilized, savage; irreligious, worldly, secularist, irreverent, hedonistic; heretical, not-born-again, unsaved, impenitent, unrepentant, living in a state of sin, bound for hell; unchristian, antichristian.
4. atheist, freethinking, disbelieving, nihilistic; agnostic, skeptical, cynical, doubting, minimifidian, Pyr-rhonistic, iconoclastic

A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат
Synonyms:
, , , , , , ,


Look at other dictionaries:

  • Pagan — (engl. pagan, frz. païen, ital. pagano, span. pagano, portug. pagão) ist ein deutsches Adjektiv und Fremdwort mit der Bedeutung „heidnisch, zum Heidentum (Paganismus) gehörig“. Es stammt von dem lateinischen Wort paganus, das ursprünglich… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • PAGAN — La ville de Pagan commande le passage entre les plaines de Kyaukse et de Mingu, les deux seuls bassins de l’Irrawaddy avant son delta. Elle se trouve à 210 de latitude nord, mais à l’intérieur des terres et à l’ombre des hauteurs de l’Arakan, qui …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • păgân — PĂGẤN, Ă, păgâni, e, s.m. şi f., adj. 1. s.m. şi f. Persoană care se închină zeilor sau idolilor; idolatru; p. ext. nume dat de creştini celor care sunt de altă religie decât cea creştină sau care nu are nici o religie; p. restr. turc, mahomedan …   Dicționar Român

  • Pagan — Pa gan (p[=a] gan), n. [L. paganus a countryman, peasant, villager, a pagan, fr. paganus of or pertaining to the country, rustic, also, pagan, fr. pagus a district, canton, the country, perh. orig., a district with fixed boundaries: cf. pangere… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pagan — Студийный альбом Cruachan Дата выпуска 1 апреля 2004 Жанр …   Википедия

  • Pagan — Pa gan, a. [L. paganus of or pertaining to the country, pagan. See {Pagan}, n.] Of or pertaining to pagans; relating to the worship or the worshipers of false goods; heathen; idolatrous, as, pagan tribes or superstitions. [1913 Webster] And all… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pagan — [pā′gən] n. [ME < LL(Ec) paganus, a heathen, pagan (contrasted with Christian or Jew) < L, a peasant, rustic < pagus, country < IE base * pak , to join, enclose, fasten > FANG, L pax] 1. a person who is not a Christian, Muslim, or… …   English World dictionary

  • Pagan [1] — Pagan, Insel in den nördlichen Marianen, 97,2 qkm mit (1903) 104 Einw. (74 Karolinier und 30 Chamorro), besteht aus zwei durch eine flache Ebene verbundenen, 300 m hohen, noch tätigen Vulkanbergen. Reiche Kokospalmenbestände umsäumen die Küsten… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • pagan — (n.) late 14c., from L.L. paganus pagan, in classical Latin villager, rustic, civilian, from pagus rural district, originally district limited by markers, thus related to pangere to fix, fasten, from PIE root *pag to fix (see PACT (Cf. pact)).… …   Etymology dictionary

  • pagan — [adj] irreligious agnostic, atheistic, heathen, idolatrous, impious, infidel, polytheistic, profane; concept 542 Ant. believing, religious pagan [n] person who does not believe in an orthodox religion agnostic, atheist, doubter, freethinker,… …   New thesaurus

  • Pagan — (spr. Pagang), Blaise Franc., Graf von P., geb. 1604; trat als 12jähriger Knabe in franz. Kriegsdienste u. machte den Feldzug von 1620, dann außer vielen anderen Belagerungen auch die von St. Jean d Angely, Montauban u. Rochelle mit u. trug… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”