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noun /ˈfeɪθɪst/ --- Plural: faithists Derived from: faith + -ist --- Definitions: 1. A person who discriminates against or shows prejudice toward individuals or groups based on their religion, spiritual beliefs, or lack thereof. > “The law prohibits employers from acting as faithists when hiring—religious affiliation should have no bearing on the job.” 2. (rare, informal) A person who holds blind, uncritical allegiance to faith-based ideology, often rejecting reason, evidence, or inquiry. > “You can’t argue with a faithist; they’ve already decided that facts are optional.” --- Usage Notes: Faithist is religion-neutral. It can refer to discrimination against the religious (e.g., an atheist mocking believers), by the religious (e.g., a Christian denouncing non-Christians), or across faiths (e.g., sectarian violence on Muslims over Hindus). It also applies to those who hold faith as infallible, rejecting dissent, science, or critical thinking. --- Synonyms: Religious bigot Sectarian (contextual) Theocratic supremacist Spiritual supremacist

Antonyms: Pluralist Tolerant Secular Rationalist --- Etymology: faith (Middle English feith, from Anglo-French feid, from Latin fides) + -ist (a suffix forming agent nouns from verbs or nouns, denoting adherents, advocates, or practitioners)

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