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单词 infidelity
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infidelityn.

/ɪnfɪˈdɛlɪti/
Etymology: < Latin infidēlitās unfaithfulness, noun of quality < infidēlis infidel n. and adj. Compare French infidélité (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).
1.
a. Want of faith; unbelief in religious matters, esp. disbelief in the truth or evidences of Christianity; the attitude of an infidel.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [noun]
unbeliefc1160
wantruthc1175
mislevea1200
doubta1225
untrothc1380
untruthc1380
unreligiositya1382
irreligiosity1382
unbelieffulnessc1384
unfaithfulness1388
unbelievinga1400
unfaith1415
wanbelevenessc1440
wanbelievingc1440
wantrowinga1450
wanbelevea1470
mistruthc1480
infidelity1509
incredulity1532
atheonismc1534
unbelievingness1561
irreligiousness?1577
faithlessness1579
unreligiousness1579
atheism1587
scruple1600
discredence1627
doubtinga1628
disbelieving1645
atheisticalness1654
diffidelity1659
disbelief1672
atheisticness1691
nothingism1755
scepticism1800
nihilisma1817
infidelisma1834
nothingarianism1842
agnosticism1870
disfaith1870
no-Goddism1931
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. ccviiv Nowe shall I touche wretches of mysbyleue Expressynge theyr foly by theyr infydelyte.
1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 158/1 The stubburnes and obstynate infidelite of the Jewes.
1577 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians (new ed.) f. 20 Not fained or trifling sinnes, but such as are against the first table: to wit, greet infidelitie, douting [etc.].
1678 R. Cudworth tr. Arnobius in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 278 Let us for the present yield thus much to your Infideity. and grant. that Christ was but an ordinary man.
1755 E. Young Centaur i, in Wks. (1757) IV. 106 Infidelity lets loose the rein to Pleasure, and gives it an ample range.
1814 T. Chalmers Evid. Christian Revel. Advt. 5 The external testimony of Christianity..leaves infidelity without excuse.
1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost iv. 110 Infidelity is the proper opposite of faith.
b. Islam; heathenism (cf. infidel n. 2). Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [noun]
heathenessec900
heathenshipa1000
heathendomc1000
idolatrya1325
mammetryc1330
spiritual fornicationa1340
whoredomc1350
prepucya1382
miscreancea1393
imagery1395
gentility?a1425
paganismc1425
paganityc1450
prepucec1475
Mahometry1481
superstitiousness1526
uncircumcision1526
whoring1530
idolry1535
paynimhood1543
image-worshipping1544
paganrya1550
idololatry1550
gentilism1561
old religion1567
heathenishness1571
image worship1572
heathenry1577
irreligiousness?1577
idolatrousness1583
uncircumcisedness1583
irreligion1598
ethnicism1600
infidelity1603
superstition1603
heathenism1605
idolism1608
miscreancy1611
misreligion1623
Baalisma1625
iconolatry1624
idolomania1624
idolomany1624
idolizing1637
idol-worship1667
ethnicity1772
symbololatry1828
Baal-worship1834
irreligionism1843
gentiledom1844
triology1894
society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Islam > [noun]
mammetryc1390
Mahometry1481
Turcism1566
Mahometism1584
Turkery1585
crescent1589
Turkism1597
infidelity1603
Mahometanisma1613
Mohammedry1613
Mohammedism1614
Moorism1620
Islam1625
Mussulmanlik1625
Mahometantism1656
Saracenism1659
Islamism1696
Mussulmanism1731
Mohammedanism1732
Ismaelism1750
Muslimism1777
Islamicism1954
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes To Rdr. Whose grieuous gronings vnder the heauie yoke of infidelitie, no tongue is able to expresse.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 746 That thy Virgin Truth, by Virginian Plantation, or Northerly Discovery, may triumph in her conquests of Indian Infidelity.
c. An infidel opinion or practice. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > paganism > [noun] > instance of
mammetries1357
infidelity1542
heathenism1843
1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Aiiv Whych thyng aboue all other infydelytye schall be your damnacyon.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια xxvi. sig. k4v Yea they fear not to teach most pernicious heresies, and infidelities.
2. In general sense: disbelief, incredulity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [noun]
untrust?c1225
misbelief1340
misfaitha1382
misbeliefnessc1390
discredence?a1475
miscredit1565
discredit1567
infidelity1578
unconvincedness1642
disbelieving1645
scepticism1646
unbelief1649
diffidelity1659
disbelief1672
misbelieving1737
disfaith1870
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 73 I meane not to wast winde in prouing that which thine infidellitie wyll not permit thee to beleeue.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xviii. 335 After his death, how did men struggle to keep him alive in their reports?..partly out of infidelity that his death could be true.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxxvi. 325 I am, I fear, heterodox almost to infidelity as to the direct action of remedies.
3.
a. Unfaithfulness or disloyalty to a person, e.g. to a sovereign, lord, master, friend, lover; esp., in modern use, to a husband or wife, called more fully conjugal infidelity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfaithfulness > [noun]
untruthc893
untruenessOE
falsehood1297
falsenessc1330
untrothc1374
mistruthc1480
disloyalty1481
unfaithfulness?a1505
untrustiness1526
infidelity1529
deloyalty1571
disloyalness1586
faithlessness1598
recreancy1602
infaithfulness1685
trustlessness1828
disfaith1881
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > disloyalty > [noun]
unlewtya1400
unlawtyc1485
infidelity1529
unloyalty1560
faithlessness1598
disloyalty1600
disallegiance1602
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > adultery
eaubruchea1000
mid-lyinga1200
spousebriche?c1225
spousebreachc1275
adulterya1325
spouse-break1357
devoutrie1377
voutrya1382
spouse-breakinga1398
vowtryc1450
vowtrec1475
breach of matrimony1526
wed-breach1638
mechation1656
conjugal infidelity1700
1529 H. Latimer 1st Serm. on Card i The king, seeing the great infidelity of this person, dischargeth this man of his office.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxxviijv The Duke..sente his letters to the kyng of Englande..to purge and excuse himselfe, of his vntruth and infidelitie.
1598 R. Barckley Disc. Felicitie of Man v. 538 Martiall finding the infidelitie and inconstancie of loue and friendshippe, giueth this counsell.
1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 120 A remarkable casual revenge on Tradewells infidelity.
1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens 243 When Theseus, after his infidelity to Ariana, stole away Hellen.
1700 ‘Castamore’ (title) Conjugium Languens; or, the Natural, Civil, and Religious Mischiefs arising from conjugal infidelity and impunity.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xviii. x. 263 I told her..that you had never been guilty of a single Instance of Infidelity to her since your seeing her in Town. View more context for this quotation
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (Cab. ed.) II. xi. 357 Whether provoked or not by infidelity on the part of Henry, [Anne's] own conduct had been singularly questionable.
1877 S. Cox Salv. Mundi Pref. 11 Any man's infidelity to his convictions.
b. With an and plural: An instance or act of such unfaithfulness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfaithfulness > [noun] > act
infidelity1714
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > disloyalty > [noun] > act or instance of
disloyalty1656
infidelity1714
1714 Spectator No. 624. ⁋5 The Infidelities on the one Part between the two Sexes, and the Caprices on the other.
1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber v. 75 That scene of Alexander, where the heroe throws himself at the feet of Statira for pardon of his past infidelities.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. viii. lxiii. 241 When his mother accused him of being in love with a Jewess, any evasion seemed an infidelity.
4. Untrustworthiness; an instance of this. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun]
unsadnessc1384
slipperness1401
slithernessa1492
untrust1563
lubricity1613
slipperinessa1618
fallacy1646
fallibleness1646
inevidence1658
undeterminationa1676
unevidencea1676
infidelity1777
untrustworthiness1808
unreliability1809
unreliableness1844
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] > instance of
infidelity1777
1777 E. Burke Let. to C. J. Fox in Wks. (1842) II. 389 My opinion of the infidelity of that conveyance [the post] hindered me from being particular.
1785 T. Jefferson Let. 26 Sept. in Papers (1953) VIII. 552 The infidelities of the post-offices both of England and France are not unknown to you.
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