heathen
/ˈhi·ðən/ adj disapprovingDefinition
› (used, esp. in the past, of people or their way of life, activities, and ideas) having no religion, or belonging to a religion that is not Christianity, Judaism, or Islam heathen /ˈhi·ðən/ n [C] (plural heathen or heathens) › disapproving Those folks are heathens.
(Definition of heathen adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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