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pagan

/ˈpeɪɡən/noun, adjective2 syllables

Pagan means: not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam.

Synonyms for pagan21

noun, as in a person who does not acknowledge your god

heathen, gentile, infidel

noun, as in someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures

hedonist, pleasure seeker

adjective, as in not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam

heathen, heathenish, ethnic, irreligious

also used for pagan

heathenly, heathenous, barbarian, barbaric, wolfish, animalistic, barbarious, barbarous, brutal, paynim, philistine, savage, brat

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What does pagan mean?4

adjective

1

not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam

noun

1

a person who does not acknowledge your god

2

someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures

3

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with pagan?1

two syllables

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Pagan in a sentence

  • They're doing a pagan ritual in the backyard.shekitten
  • Ancient Rome was not a queer pagan paradise.shekitten
  • Pagans have deified life and Christians have deified death.Scott
  • If you go far enough back in time, your ancestors were most likely bisexual pagans.rul
  • A pagan lives in harmony with nature.AlanF_US
  • What? You don't want to bet? Are you a pagan?AlanF_US
  • Christmas isn't really about Christianity. It has pagan origins.carlosalberto
  • Many Christian rituals have pagan origins.karloelkebekio

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Forms of pagan

as a noun

plural
pagans