Explore Infidel through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like heathen or pagan. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Infidel meaning
- Rejecting a specific religion.
- Of, characteristic of, or relating to unbelievers or unbelief.
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Using Infidel
- The main meaning on this page is: Rejecting a specific religion. | Of, characteristic of, or relating to unbelievers or unbelief.
- Useful related words include: heathen, pagan, gentile, nonreligious person.
- Possible Dutch translations are: ongelovige.
- In the example corpus, infidel often appears in combinations such as: an infidel, and infidel, the infidel.
Context around Infidel
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Infidel
- In this selection, "infidel" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, kaafir, hang, woman, captivates and asia stand out and add context to how "infidel" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as an infidel and as an infidel but only. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "infidel" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with infidel
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After all, you're an infidel. (6 words)
The plot of The Infidel captivates, centering on a London-based family. (12 words)
In other words, even a Muslim who is not on a righteous path can be called a Kaafir or Infidel! (20 words)
And again, to the same correspondent, May 6, 1863: citation I have never had the least sympathy with the a priori reasons against orthodoxy, and I have by nature and disposition the greatest possible antipathy to all the atheistic and infidel school. (42 words)
The Muslim Brotherhood is welcome to negotiate her release, not that they are likely to bother being that she is an infidel woman and therefore they place a low value on her life, but Israel shouldn’t. (37 words)
In what’s almost certainly a deliberate misdirect, the first couple of episodes, with their generous smatterings of words such as ‘kaafir’ (infidel) and ‘gaddaar’ (traitor), make the show considerably more jingoistic than it actually is. (36 words)
How can one expect or plan for “national reconciliation” with people who won’t even shake your hand because, as an Infidel, you are regarded as unclean? (27 words)
In other words, even a Muslim who is not on a righteous path can be called a Kaafir or Infidel! (20 words)
Example sentences (16)
A rana was described as an infidel, but only because he was fighting against the Mughals and infidel was used as an everyday phrase to describe all non-Muslims anyway.
The Muslim Brotherhood is welcome to negotiate her release, not that they are likely to bother being that she is an infidel woman and therefore they place a low value on her life, but Israel shouldn’t.
After all, you're an infidel.
The plot of The Infidel captivates, centering on a London-based family.
He takes on pitched battles against an imperial presidency that seeks to portray as the act of an infidel any criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Now, he has to face hellhounds who are wanting to expel him from the Party and mock him as an infidel.
In other words, even a Muslim who is not on a righteous path can be called a Kaafir or Infidel!
In what’s almost certainly a deliberate misdirect, the first couple of episodes, with their generous smatterings of words such as ‘kaafir’ (infidel) and ‘gaddaar’ (traitor), make the show considerably more jingoistic than it actually is.
Chanting “Hang infidel Asia,” activists from the Tehreek-e-Labbaik party also rallied in other cities Friday, threatening wider protests if she is freed.
How can one expect or plan for “national reconciliation” with people who won’t even shake your hand because, as an Infidel, you are regarded as unclean?
I wasn’t surprised or shocked when Sheikh told me that I should count myself lucky that some servants of Allah were violating an infidel.
So the man who does not provide for his household is worse than an infidel and has denied the faith, according to scripture in I Timothy 5:8.
And again, to the same correspondent, May 6, 1863: citation I have never had the least sympathy with the a priori reasons against orthodoxy, and I have by nature and disposition the greatest possible antipathy to all the atheistic and infidel school.
Faraj included deceiving the enemy, lying to him, attacking by night (even if it leads to accidentally killing innocents), and felling and burning trees of the infidel, as Islamically legitimate methods of fighting.
In older English sources, the terms Gheber and Gueber (both deriving from Persian for infidel, compare giaour ) were used to refer to Zoroastrians; however, these terms are considered offensive and have fallen out of use.
Nevertheless I know that I am, in spite of myself, exactly what the Christian would call, and, so far as I can see, is justified in calling, atheist and infidel.
Common combinations with infidel
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an infidel 8×
- and infidel 3×
- the infidel 2×
- infidel and 2×