Infidel

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  • noun. An unbeliever with respect to a particular religion, especially Christianity or Islam.
  • noun. One who has no religious beliefs.
  • noun. One who doubts or rejects a particular doctrine, system, or principle.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Without faith: unbelieving; disbelieving; especially, rejecting the distinctive doctrines of a particular religion, while perhaps an adherent of some other religion.
  • Specifically Rejecting the Christian religion while accepting no other; not believing in the Bible or any divine revelation: used especially of persons belonging to Christian communities.
  • Due to or manifesting unbelief.
  • noun. An unbeliever; a disbeliever; one who denies the distinctive tenets of a particular religion.
  • noun. Specifically A disbeliever in religion or divine revelation in general; especially, one who denies or refuses to believe in the Christian religion while accepting no other; one who rejects the inspiration of the Scriptures, or the divine origin and authority of Christianity as revealed in the Bible.
  • noun. In feudal law, one who violated fealty. Rapalje and Lawrence.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who does not believe in the prevailing religious faith; a heathen; a freethinker; -- used especially by Christians and Mohammedans.
  • adjective. Not holding the faith; -- applied by Christians to one who does not believe in the inspiration of the Scriptures, and the supernatural origin of Christianity; used by Mohammedans to refer to those who do not believe in Islam.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A non-believer of a certain religion.
  • noun. One who does not believe in a certain principle.
  • noun. One with no religious beliefs.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a person who does not acknowledge your god
    • Word Usage
    "At a time when the term infidel or unbeliever was still the accusation of choice, the rejoinder that one was a-gnostic -- literally, "against gnosis" -- meant that he or she was taking a principled stand against ancient systems of belief."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    nonreligious person  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    idol worshiper  idolater  idoliser  idolizer  paynim  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Jewish  atheist  barbarian  danish  heathen  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    agnostic  agnostic  atheist  atheist  atheistic  
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