infidel
Religion.Often Disparaging and Offensive. a 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.
Often Disparaging and Offensive. not accepting a particular faith, especially Christianity or Islam.
without religious faith.
Also in·fi·del·ic [in-fi-del-ik]. /ˌɪn fɪˈdɛl ɪk/. 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.
Origin of infidel
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How to use infidel in a sentence
This is so plain that no student of the Bible, unless he means purposely to be infidelic, will dispute the fact.
Birth of a Reformation | Andrew ByersA misunderstanding of these expressions has doubtless caused many to be skeptical and infidelic.
Cowley's Talks on Doctrine | Matthias F. Cowley"Delices is infidelic," was the cry, and this doubtless had something to do with Voltaire's establishing himself at Ferney.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 | Elbert Hubbard
British Dictionary definitions for infidel
/ (ˈɪnfɪdəl) /
a person who has no religious belief; unbeliever
rejecting a specific religion, esp Christianity or Islam
of, characteristic of, or relating to unbelievers or unbelief
Origin of infidel
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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