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infidel
[in-fi-dl, -del]
noun
Religion.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.
adjective
Often Disparaging and Offensive.not 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
/ ˈɪԴɪə /
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
Word History and Origins
Origin of infidel1
Word History and Origins
Origin of infidel1
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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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