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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What’s surprising about The Covenant is that the usual gung-ho American military bravery is mostly downplayed to focus on the strategic backup provided by on-the-ground interpreters, who risked being branded as infidels, ostracized by their compatriots and tagged for Taliban reprisals.
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David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2023
When one follower demonstrated logically the existence of irrational numbers—numbers that cannot be expressed as a fraction, and that continue on indefinitely when expressed in decimals—the Pythagoreans are said to have taken the infidel out on a boat and tossed him overboard.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022
Nazar described passing through checkpoints where Taliban guards cursed him as an infidel and whipped people with chains, and being hit with tear gas by U.S. marines.
—Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2021
An illustration in a 13th-century German psalter, for example, shows a Christian angel using a sword to force infidels into the gate of hell, represented as a monster with a gaping, flaming mouth.
—Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 1 Sep. 2019
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The lone dissenter is Von, who seems somewhat interested in soliciting multiple perspectives.Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
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Roberts in his majority opinion said the dissenters had gone too far in saying the president is above the law.Patrick Marley, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
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Still, a new report in a U.K. news outlet suggests that Harry and his American wife Meghan, renegade members of the British royal family who’ve been living in California, have decided to try and regain a foothold in Europe by buying a home in Portugal.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
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The broader support among justices undermines the effort by Musk and his supporters to cast Justice Alexandre de Moraes as a renegade who is intent on censoring political speech.David Biller and Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024
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An app called Krishna, for example, has already advised killing unbelievers and supporting India's ruling party.Scott Shapiro, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
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To have reservations about something that is treated as sacrosanct is to be an unbeliever, or worse, a heretic, and thus someone to be cast out.Ian Buruma, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023
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“Infidel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infidel. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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