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- [pey-guh n]
- /ˈpeɪ gən/
- /ˈpeɪ.ɡən/
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- [pey-guh n]
- /ˈpeɪ gən/
Definitions of pagan word
- noun pagan (no longer in technical use) one of a people or community observing a polytheistic religion, as the ancient Romans and Greeks. 1
- noun pagan a member of a religious, spiritual, or cultural community based on the worship of nature or the earth; a neopagan. 1
- noun pagan Disparaging and Offensive. (in historical contexts) a person who is not a Christian, Jew, or Muslim; a heathen. an irreligious or hedonistic person. an uncivilized or unenlightened person. 1
- adjective pagan of, relating to, or characteristic of pagans. 1
- adjective pagan Disparaging and Offensive. relating to the worship or worshipers of any religion that is neither Christian, Jewish, nor Muslim. irreligious or hedonistic. (of a person) uncivilized or unenlightened. 1
- abbreviation PAGAN polytheistic 1
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Origin of pagan
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English < Medieval Latin, Late Latin pāgānus ‘worshiper of false gods’, orig. ‘civilian’ (i.e., not a soldier of Christ), Latin: ‘peasant’, noun use of pāgānus ‘rural, civilian’, derivative of pāgus ‘village, rural district’ (akin to pangere ‘to fix, make fast’); see -an
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Parts of speech for Pagan
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pagan popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pagan
noun pagan
- atheist — An atheist is a person who believes that there is no God. Compare agnostic.
- gentile — of or relating to any people not Jewish.
- heretic — a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to those accepted by his or her church or rejects doctrines prescribed by that church.
- infidel — Religion. a person who does not accept a particular faith, especially Christianity. (in Christian use) an unbeliever, especially a Muslim. (in Muslim use) a person who does not accept the Islamic faith; kafir (def 2).
- materialist — a person who is markedly more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
adj pagan
- freethinking — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- heathen — (in historical contexts) an individual of a people that do not acknowledge the God of the Bible; a person who is neither a Jew, Christian, nor Muslim; a pagan.
- idolatrous — worshiping idols.
- irreligious — not religious; not practicing a religion and feeling no religious impulses or emotions.
Antonyms for pagan
noun pagan
- jew — one of a scattered group of people that traces its descent from the Biblical Hebrews or from postexilic adherents of Judaism; Israelite.
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