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GENTILE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Christianplay

Example:

Christians refer to themselves as gentiles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("gentile" is a kind of...):

Christian (a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A Christian as contrasted with a Jewplay

Synonyms:

gentile; goy; non-Jew

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("gentile" is a kind of...):

Christian (a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gentile"):

shegetz (an offensive term for non-Jewish young man)

Derivation:

gentile (belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindusplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("gentile" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A person who does not acknowledge your godplay

Synonyms:

gentile; heathen; infidel; pagan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("gentile" is a kind of...):

nonreligious person (a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gentile"):

paynim (a heathen; a person who is not a Christian (especially a Muslim))

idol worshiper; idolater; idoliser; idolizer (a person who worships idols)

Derivation:

gentile (belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoples)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Belonging to or characteristic of non-Jewish peoplesplay

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

gentile (a Christian as contrasted with a Jew)

Derivation:

gentile (a Christian as contrasted with a Jew)

gentile (a person who does not acknowledge your god)

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