Word of the day: Heathen

Heathen: pagão, bárbaro, homem bruto, bárbaro

Synonyms: barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, savage, heathenish, natural, rude, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultivated, wild

“Old missionaries who mistakenly thought that they were going off to China to tame the heathen hordes.”

(www.merriamwebster.com)

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Heathen:  pagão, bárbaro, homem bruto, pagão, bárbaro

Synonyms: barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, savage, heathenish, natural, Neanderthal (or Neandertal), rude, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultivated, wild

“Old missionaries who mistakenly thought that they were going off to China to tame the heathen hordes.”         (www.merriam-webster.com)

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Buck the system: Ir contra o sistema ou a forma normal de fazer as coisas

“Tom spent much of his working life bucking the system, which explains why he didn't get many promotions.”

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Word of the day: HEATHEN

Heathen: pagão, bárbaro, homem bruto

Synonyms: gentile, idolater, idolator, pagan

“…a missionary sent to distant lands to convert the heathens…”

“European colonizers, who considered the New World peoples to be heathens, forced them to conform to European ways.”   (www.merriam-webster.com)