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
The group follows an extreme interpretation of Sunni Islam and considers Shiites to be infidels.
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Arkansas Online,
27 Dec. 2025
The ideology of the groups appears to categorize anyone not subscribing to their extremist views as infidels, whether Muslims or Christians.
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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.
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Avi Weiss,
New York Daily News,
10 Aug. 2025
War in Syria When the Syrian civil war erupted in March 2011, Syrian Druze were targeted at times by both the Assad regime, which pressured them to support it, and by Islamist rebel groups that regarded them as infidels.
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Asher Kaufman,
The Conversation,
21 July 2025
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Arkansas Online,
27 Dec. 2025
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
War in Syria When the Syrian civil war erupted in March 2011, Syrian Druze were targeted at times by both the Assad regime, which pressured them to support it, and by Islamist rebel groups that regarded them as infidels.
—
Asher Kaufman,
The Conversation,
21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infidel
Noun
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The liberal dissenters agreed with immigration rights lawyers who saw this as a nonsensical reading of the law.
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But there have been dissenters.
Noun
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There are Sixties rock bands like the Sonics and the Small Faces, and pioneering hippie renegades like Love or the Thirteenth Floor Elevators.
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The president can call out the army against seceding states and their renegade congresspeople.
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An idea could be forming despite unbelievers.
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Furthermore, Christianity was a proselytizing religion, which commanded its followers to bring unbelievers into the fold.
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Investigators probe whether Moscow ordered the brazen daylight killing in eastern Poland, now a key refuge for Russian and Belarusian dissidents and for hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian war refugees.
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Iran hawks and an array of dissidents and mainstream voices within the Republican Party have cast doubt on whether the agreement secured satisfactory concessions from Iran.
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“Infidel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infidel. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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