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Adjective: pagan  pey-gun
  1. Not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam
    "His goal was to eliminate pagan practices among the Indians";
    - heathen, heathenish, ethnic
Noun: pagan  pey-gun
  1. A person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)
    "The pagan celebrated the summer solstice with traditional rituals"
     
  2. A person who does not accept or follow a particular religion (especially from the perspective of its adherents)
    "The crusaders viewed the Muslims as pagans";
    - heathen, gentile, infidel
     
  3. Someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
    "The pagan lived life pursuing every possible enjoyment";
    - hedonist, pleasure seeker

Derived forms: pagans

See also: irreligious

Type of: nonreligious person, religious person, sensualist

Encyclopedia: Pagan, Myanmar