as in dissenter
disapproving
a person who does not believe in a religion that someone regards as the true religion
The theocracy regarded as infidels anyone that did not practice their religion.
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Recent Examples of infidel
Some of their treasured possessions—bicycles, snowboards, trophies—would identify them as infidels and put their lives in danger.
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Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 5 Nov. 2024
This is the secular equivalent of the absolute divide between believers and infidels that allowed Hamas to massacre Jews without restraint.
—Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 21 Oct. 2023
Although the campaign organizers stressed that the marches would be peaceful, some Gazan social media users called to fight the ‘infidels’ in these communities and to murder them.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
View Photos The 940 series, sedan and wagons, will give Volvo a fresh set of foils with which to fend off the growing number of infidels storming the barricades of the $30,000-sedan empire.
—William Jeanes, Car and Driver, 27 June 2023
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Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 5 Nov. 2024
This is the secular equivalent of the absolute divide between believers and infidels that allowed Hamas to massacre Jews without restraint.
—Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 21 Oct. 2023
Although the campaign organizers stressed that the marches would be peaceful, some Gazan social media users called to fight the ‘infidels’ in these communities and to murder them.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
View Photos The 940 series, sedan and wagons, will give Volvo a fresh set of foils with which to fend off the growing number of infidels storming the barricades of the $30,000-sedan empire.
—William Jeanes, Car and Driver, 27 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infidel
Noun
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Board member Camille Rodriguez was the lone dissenter during the board vote.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2025
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Outgoing Councilwoman Jenny Spencer was the only dissenter.—
Sam Allard,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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While one reading of Xi is that his rhetoric is in part a strategic move to burnish Chinese power globally, labeling Taiwan as a renegade or breakaway province is, for many, a clear indication of an intention to invade and bring the island within the geography of Chinese sovereignty.—
Colin Flint,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2025
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The renegades were attempting to void the ACC’s grant-of-rights agreement, which would clear them to join the SEC or Big Ten.—
Jon Wilner,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2025
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An app called Krishna, for example, has already advised killing unbelievers and supporting India's ruling party.—
Scott Shapiro,
WIRED,
8 Jan. 2024
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To have reservations about something that is treated as sacrosanct is to be an unbeliever, or worse, a heretic, and thus someone to be cast out.—
Ian Buruma,
Harper's Magazine,
2 June 2023
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“Infidel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infidel. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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