Appendix:English terms for religious opponents
There are a number of words to denote religious opponents that bear specific meanings in particular contexts. Many of these words may be used in pejorative sense, as a token of religious intolerance.
Terms with meanings of "renegade" or "opponent" edit
- antichrist
- apostate
- heretic
- Rafidha (see w:Rafida for the meaning)
- schismatic
- Formerly, the word pervert meant one who changed to an erroneous religion (in the 20th century it came to mean a sexual pervert).