as in infidels
a person who believes that God does not exist
He left the church while in college and became an atheist.
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Noun
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The ideology of the groups appears to categorize anyone not subscribing to their extremist views as infidels, whether Muslims or Christians.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025 -
During the Crusades, the Inquisition, and countless pogroms, Jews were demonized as infidels who refused to abandon their faith, even under threat of death.—
Avi Weiss,
New York Daily News,
10 Aug. 2025
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Excessive entanglement would affect the government's independence and potentially give religious adherents access to government not available to nonbelievers.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
28 Nov. 2025
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Why don’t religious people make similar allowances for nonbelievers?—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Atheists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atheists. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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