INFIDEL


Meaning of INFIDEL in English

/in"fi dl, -del'/ , n.

1. Relig.

a. a person who does not accept a particular faith, esp. Christianity.

b. (in Christian use) an unbeliever, esp. a Muslim.

c. (in Muslim use) a person who does not accept the Islamic faith; kaffir.

2. a person who has no religious faith; unbeliever.

3. (loosely) a person who disbelieves or doubts a particular theory, belief, creed, etc.; skeptic.

adj.

4. not accepting a particular faith, esp. Christianity or Islam; heathen.

5. without religious faith.

6. due to or manifesting unbelief: infidel ideas.

7. rejecting the Christian religion while accepting no other; not believing in the Bible or any Christian divine revelation.

8. Also, infidelic /in'fi del"ik/ . of, pertaining to, or characteristic of unbelievers or infidels.

[ 1425-75; late ME infidelis unbelieving, L: unfaithful, treacherous. See IN- 3 , FEAL ]

Syn. 1-3. See atheist .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .