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An "infidel" is an unbeliever concerning central tenets of a religion, often used in a pejorative sense to describe those who explicitly deny them (especially regarding asserted aspects of the religion's deity). More generally, an infidel is one who doubts or rejects a particular (usually heirarchical) doctrine, system, or principle.

• In Christianity, "infidel" is an archaism now supplanted variously by "atheist", "agnostic", "heathen" or "pagan".
• In Islam, an Arabic term romanized as "kafir" is used for non-Muslims and is often translated as "infidel".

Other terms arising from the same concept, but seldom rendered to "infidel" in English:

• In Hinduism, "nastik" describes one who does not recognize the authority of the Vedas, and "mleccha", someone who does not follow the Hindu way of living.

(See Infidel (computer game) for the 1983 computer text adventure from Infocom.)

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