infidel

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. 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 See All Example Sentences for infidel
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Noun
  • The task force has a record of controversy given its history of targeting protestors, dissenters, and people of color, according to the ACLU.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The loudest dissenter was the science-fiction writer Cory Doctorow, who represented the Electronic Frontier Foundation at the consortium.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • Skarsgård has long been a red carpet renegade, showing flashes of that playful freak that lives within.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2025
  • With a running time of 191 minutes, Grindhouse was meant to be a celebration of the exploitation cinema on which the two renegade directors grew up.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 28 Sep. 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
  • 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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  • There are streets and parks named for Cuban heroes—from Máximo Gómez, an anti-colonial fighter of the nineteenth century, to Osvaldo Payá, a Christian dissident who died in a suspicious car crash in 2012.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • But many dissidents felt profoundly ambivalent toward a society that, despite having become better educated and more urbanized, was also more dependent than ever on the state.
    Benjamin Nathans September 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Infidel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infidel. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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