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
But the belief is part of the reason that the Druze have been branded by Islamic militants as infidels.
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Jane Arraf, NPR, 6 May 2025
The rhetoric of declaring others infidels, marginalization, and violence continues.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Some of their treasured possessions—bicycles, snowboards, trophies—would identify them as infidels and put their lives in danger.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 5 Nov. 2024
Many of Hazimi’s former followers, for instance, have declared him and his followers infidels and now adhere to the teachings of a figure named Hilmi Hashimi.
—Vera Mironova, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2017
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Jane Arraf, NPR, 6 May 2025
The rhetoric of declaring others infidels, marginalization, and violence continues.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Some of their treasured possessions—bicycles, snowboards, trophies—would identify them as infidels and put their lives in danger.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 5 Nov. 2024
Many of Hazimi’s former followers, for instance, have declared him and his followers infidels and now adhere to the teachings of a figure named Hilmi Hashimi.
—Vera Mironova, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infidel
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What’s safe for Jews was itself a matter of disagreement among the bill’s backers and dissenters.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Jerusalem — On a hot Friday morning in September, dozens of Israelis turned up at Gaza’s border fence – not as soldiers, but as dissenters.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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Paso Robles is independent, even a bit renegade.—
Justin Goldman,
AFAR Media,
24 Oct. 2025
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For years, Hollywood content creators have warned about piracy, whether through bootleg VHS tapes, or BitTorrent, or renegade streaming providers.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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No one ever converted an unbeliever with harshness, condemnation, and threats of hell.—
Sophia A. Nelson,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 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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Five other members of the ring were jailed for a total of about 40 years, all accused of gathering detailed information on journalists, dissidents and Ukrainian soldiers being trained at a US military base in Germany.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Also not fitting the West’s preconceptions was the fact that most Soviet dissidents didn’t reject socialism.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Infidel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infidel. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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