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infidel
[in-fi-dl, -del]
noun
Religion.Ìýa person who does not accept a particular faith, especially Christianity or Islam.
a person who has no religious faith; unbeliever.
(loosely) a person who disbelieves or doubts a particular theory, belief, creed, etc.; skeptic.
When it came to ghosts, he was a self-confessed infidel.
adjective
Often Disparaging and Offensive.Ìýnot accepting a particular faith, especially Christianity or Islam.
without religious faith.
Also infidelic of, relating to, or characteristic of unbelievers.
relating to or showing unbelief.
Our infidel ideas about artificial intelligence make us pariahs in the academic community.
infidel
/ ˈɪ²Ô´Úɪ»åÉ™±ô /
noun
a person who has no religious belief; unbeliever
adjective
rejecting a specific religion, esp Christianity or Islam
of, characteristic of, or relating to unbelievers or unbelief
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of infidel1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of infidel1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
In his statement read out by his lawyers, Issa al H said: "I killed innocents, not infidels."
Plagued with leaks and buffeted by scandals, this "infidel" Ahab has become anxious, ornery and isolated as President Donald Trump's second term enters its third month.
Many hard-line Sunni Islamists count members of the Alawite sect as infidels.
IS, which remains active in Syria through both operatives and sleeper cells, has declared its ongoing jihad in the country and denounced the HTS-led rebel authority as "apostates" allegedly brought to power by "infidel" forces.
Marginalised by the Assad regime, and targeted as infidels by Sunni jihadist groups like HTS, Syria's Druze are more tolerant of Israel than many other communities here.
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