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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What’s surprising about The Covenant is that the usual gung-ho American military bravery is mostly downplayed to focus on the strategic backup provided by on-the-ground interpreters, who risked being branded as infidels, ostracized by their compatriots and tagged for Taliban reprisals.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2023
When one follower demonstrated logically the existence of irrational numbers—numbers that cannot be expressed as a fraction, and that continue on indefinitely when expressed in decimals—the Pythagoreans are said to have taken the infidel out on a boat and tossed him overboard.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022
Nazar described passing through checkpoints where Taliban guards cursed him as an infidel and whipped people with chains, and being hit with tear gas by U.S. marines.
—Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2021
An illustration in a 13th-century German psalter, for example, shows a Christian angel using a sword to force infidels into the gate of hell, represented as a monster with a gaping, flaming mouth.
—Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 1 Sep. 2019
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2023
When one follower demonstrated logically the existence of irrational numbers—numbers that cannot be expressed as a fraction, and that continue on indefinitely when expressed in decimals—the Pythagoreans are said to have taken the infidel out on a boat and tossed him overboard.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022
Nazar described passing through checkpoints where Taliban guards cursed him as an infidel and whipped people with chains, and being hit with tear gas by U.S. marines.
—Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2021
An illustration in a 13th-century German psalter, for example, shows a Christian angel using a sword to force infidels into the gate of hell, represented as a monster with a gaping, flaming mouth.
—Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 1 Sep. 2019
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While such incidents have likely tarnished the image of public dissenters in recent years, the effectiveness of legal protest is not to be dismissed.Ryan Smith, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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Feedback concerning the project has been fiery: Think 27-hour-long county board meetings, dissenters showing up in Civil War garb and even a letter of opposition from No. 1 history daddy Ken Burns.Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
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Maybe that’s why this adaptation of the first-person-shooter franchise feels so by-the-numbers, as a renegade robot sparks a revolution by attaining a series of unlikely victories in a futuristic gladiatorial arena.Scott Meslow, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
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Where his predecessors made their names aligning with Colombian elites, Petro acted as a renegade and started his own political party.Justin Worland/Bogotá, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024
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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 30 Dec. 2024.
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