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 Muslim men believe that the reward for killing infidels is 72 virgins in the afterlife.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2025
Khomeini declared jihad against Kurdish resistance groups, labeling them infidels, separatists and agents of Israel and the United States.
—Shukriya Bradost, The Conversation, 28 June 2025
Crowds of armed men thronged the streets in several Syrian cities, chanting for the blood of infidels.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025
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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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2025
Khomeini declared jihad against Kurdish resistance groups, labeling them infidels, separatists and agents of Israel and the United States.
—Shukriya Bradost, The Conversation, 28 June 2025
Crowds of armed men thronged the streets in several Syrian cities, chanting for the blood of infidels.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025
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
Noun
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Tanenbaum is his sixth sitting justice, leaving the senior justice, Jorge Labarga, as a lonely dissenter facing mandatory retirement in October 2027.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026
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The alternative is a politics in which the state survives by making dissenters illegitimate as citizens.—
Stephanie A,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Holding hands, terrace kisses and renegade servants?—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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This growing group of renegade traders maintain that core truths emerge only after thousands of people express their opinions with their pocketbooks.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
17 Jan. 2026
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Peppering dashes of humor into its brew of foreboding, the movie views the rise of an authoritarian movement through its effect on a family of unbelievers, covering a five-year period that begins in celebration and ends somewhere very different.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
27 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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Rivkin later spent decades as a Soviet dissident before immigrating to the United States in hopes of building a new life.—
Hannah Kliger,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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The Iranian government—one of the most repressive regimes in the world—has long relied on accusations of collaboration with hostile foreign powers, usually the United States or Israel, to silence journalists, activists, and dissidents.—
Omid Memarian,
The Atlantic,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Infidel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infidel. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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