heathen

Universal Words noun, adjective noun (old-fashioned, offensive) 1 used by people who have a strong religious belief as a way of referring to a person who has no religion or who believes in a religion that is not one of the world's main religions 2 used to refer to a person who shows lack of education adjective (old-fashioned, offensive) connected with heathens: heathen gods * He set out to convert the heathen (= people who are heathens).