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.
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How to use infidel in a sentence
Leaflets were widely distributed during that era saying that facial covering was what separated the Muslim woman from the infidel.
Saudi Activist Manal Al-Sharif on Why She Removed the Veil | Manal Al Sharif, Advancing Human Rights | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is immaterial if the infidel is a combatant or a civilian.
They call us the village that protects infidel U.S. soldiers.
The Afghan Village That Saved Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell | Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau | November 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSafi makes the same threat toward other villagers and warns them never again to help a wounded “infidel” soldier.
The Afghan Village That Saved Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell | Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau | November 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd to them and to their base, Obama is the biggest infidel of all and Obamacare the greatest impiety.
Republicans Aren’t Hostage Takers, They’re Political Terrorists | Michael Tomasky | September 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Huxley quotes with satirical gusto Dr. Wace's declaration as to the word "infidel."
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordBut a little earlier still, to be an infidel was to be an outlaw, subject to the penalty of death.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordThose who hold the truth cannot enter into it with the infidel, the unbeliever, the erroneous or profane.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamIn London some years before, she had been the pupil of a learned minister, who had become an infidel, and also unscrupulous.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxLet us suppose that any one denying the theory of Laplace or the theory of Copernicus would be reviled as an "infidel."
God and my Neighbour | Robert Blatchford
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
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