infidel
/ˈɪn.fə.dl̩/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.77 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, characteristic of, or relating to unbelievers or unbelief.
noun
An openly Islamophobic individual receiving or seeking praise from other Islamophobic people.
Derogatory
Example Sentences
- "(...) how it is that to his name who yesterday departed for the other world, we prefix so significant and infidel a word, and yet do not thus entitle him, if he but embarks for the remotest Indies of this living earth;(...)"
- "But not only have the priests tried to make the very term Atheism odious, as if it would destroy all of good and beautiful in nature, but some of the reformers, not having the moral courage to avow their own sentiments, wishing to be popular, fearing lest their reforms would be considered Infidel, (as all reforms assuredly are), shield themselves from the stigma, by joining in the tirade against Atheism, and associate it with everything that is vile, with the crime of slavery, the corruptions of the Church, and all the vices imaginable."
- "The infidel writer is a greater enemy to society."
- "Some Muslims are taught that non-Muslims are infidels and are to be shunned."
- "I am a proud infidel. I believe in Jesus Chirst, the Son of God who died on the cross for my sins."
- "Stripping out the obsolete debate, The Complete Infidel’s Guide to the Koran focuses on the decrees toward Jews and Christians, how they were viewed by Muhammad, what “the infidels” have done wrong and what the Koran has in store for them."
Etymology
First attested 1460, from Middle French infidèle, from Latin īnfidēlis (“unfaithful”), from in- (“not”) + fidēlis (“faithful”). See fidelity.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *bʰeydʰ-, infidèle, īnfidēlis
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Religion.