different between infidel vs infidelity

English

Etymology

First attested 1460, from Middle French infidèle, from Latin ?nfid?lis (“unfaithful”), from in- (“not”) + fid?lis (“faithful”). See fidelity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.f?.dl?/, /??n.f?.?d?l/

Adjective

infidel (comparative more infidel, superlative most infidel)

1. Rejecting a specific religion.
2. Of, characteristic of, or relating to unbelievers or unbelief.
   • 1881 — Ernestine Rose, A Defence of Atheism, J.P. Mendum, page 20

     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.

Noun

infidel (plural infidels)

1. (now usually derogatory) One who does not believe in a certain religion.
   • 1779, Vicesimus Knox, On the Prevalence of Religious Scepticism

     The infidel writer is a greater enemy to society.

   • 2005, George W. Braswell, Islam and America: Answers to the 31 Most-asked Questions (page 33)

     Some Muslims are taught that non-Muslims are infidels and are to be shunned.

2. (now usually derogatory) One who does not believe in a certain principle.
3. (now usually derogatory) One with no religious beliefs.

Synonyms

• unbeliever
• nonbeliever, non-believer
• disbeliever
• (one with no religious beliefs): atheist

Related terms

• fidelity

Translations

Anagrams

• infield, infiled

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ?nfid?lis (“unfaithful”).

Adjective

infidel (masculine and feminine plural infidels)

1. unfaithful

   Antonym: fidel

Derived terms

• infidelment

Related terms

• infidelitat

Noun

infidel m or f (plural infidels)

1. infidel

Further reading

• “infidel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “infidel” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “infidel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “infidel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

From French infidèle, from Latin infidelis.

Adjective

infidel m or n (feminine singular infidel?, masculine plural infideli, feminine and neuter plural infidele)

1. unfaithful

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle French infidélité, from Latin infidelitas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nf??d?l?ti/

Noun

infidelity (countable and uncountable, plural infidelities)

1. Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.
2. Unfaithfulness in some other moral obligation.
3. Lack of religious belief.
   • 1674', Seth Ward, Seven Sermons

     The means used to this purpose are partly didactical, and partly protreptical; demonstrating the truth of the gospel, and then urging the professors of those truths to be stedfast^[sic] in the faith, and to beware of infidelity.

Synonyms

• (marital): adultery
• (moral): betrayal
• (religious): faithlessness

Antonyms

• (moral): faithfulness
• (moral): loyalty
• (moral): fidelity

Related terms

• (religious): infidel

Translations

See also

• infidelity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia