heathenized
/ˈhiːðənaɪzd/
adjective
- Made to adopt beliefs or practices that are not part of a major world religion, especially Christianity, Judaism, or Islam; made pagan or non-religious.
- The missionary described the local festival as a heathenized version of an ancient harvest ritual.
- Some critics argue that modern holiday celebrations have become heathenized, losing their original religious meaning.
- The novel's fictional tribe practiced a heathenized form of worship that mixed old traditions with new ideas.
verb
- Past tense of heathenize: caused someone or something to adopt non-religious or pagan beliefs or practices.
- Over centuries, the ancient temple was heathenized and turned into a place of nature worship.
- The conquerors heathenized the local population by forcing them to abandon their original faith.
- The writer heathenized the story by removing all references to the church.