heathen

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With the passage of centuries, the Eurocentric accounts that depicted Cortés as a heroic “white savior” and Moctezuma as a cowardly heathen have been eclipsed.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

The term "heathen" is the rough Germanic translation of the term "pagan," which originates as a description of people in the ancient Greco-Roman past who failed to accept Christianity.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2022

“I joked that since I didn’t get the religious one I must be a heathen or something,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2021

In Bell’s Funkadelic Universe, he wasn’t just an illustrator but an “electric marker heathen of speedomatic dabblings,” as he titled himself on the album “One Nation Under a Groove.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2019

In the draws the smoke coming off the ground like mist and the thin black trees burning on the slopes like stands of heathen candles.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy