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
In subsequent years, there have been mostly smaller, less deadly strikes that have targeted the government, police and anti-terrorism forces, as well as those considered infidels by militant groups.
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NPR, 7 Nov. 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
Some Muslim men believe that the reward for killing infidels is 72 virgins in the afterlife.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2025
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NPR, 7 Nov. 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
Some Muslim men believe that the reward for killing infidels is 72 virgins in the afterlife.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infidel
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Such torrential downpours, from loyalists and dissenters alike, often follow the deaths of notorious and long-ruling dictators—Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Saddam Hussein.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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Board member Kevin Lynch was the lone dissenter, and there was no board discussion on the topic besides clarifying questions on the motion.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Feb. 2026
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This unique journey-within-a-journey was established by renegade hotelier Thierry Teyssier, founder of the regenerative-hospitality company 700,000 Heures Impact.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Gehlfuss' rigid, rule-following Bill Goodman serves as a foil to Colin's renegade, acting as an FBI liaison to the CIA.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb. 2026
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Furthermore, Christianity was a proselytizing religion, which commanded its followers to bring unbelievers into the fold.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Feb. 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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Grozev famously identified the men behind the August 2020 poisoning of the late Russian dissident Alexey Navalny.—
Will Croxton,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Roozbeh Farahanipour, a former Iranian dissident who now lives in Los Angeles, worries that a destabilized Iran, with its complex cultural heritage and patchwork of ethnic and religious groups, could devolve into a far worse mess than post-invasion Iraq.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Infidel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infidel. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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