Past tense of heathenise; having been converted to or influenced by heathen practices or beliefs.
Simple past tense and past participle of 'heathenise,' formed by adding the '-ed' suffix to the verb stem. This follows standard English regular verb conjugation patterns.
The passive voice of this word is particularly interesting in historical texts—'the natives were heathenised' often reveals colonial attitudes and the assumption that non-Christian beliefs were somehow a corrupted or fallen state rather than original traditions.
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