A person who discriminates towards a person or group of people solely dependent on their faith, beliefs or religion.
- Used in place of racist when applicable.
- Used in place of racist when applicable.
Person one - "Jews are so cheap."
Person two - "Why do you have to be a faithist?"
"Mr. Jones says all Catholics are drunks... he is a straight up faithist."
Person two - "Why do you have to be a faithist?"
"Mr. Jones says all Catholics are drunks... he is a straight up faithist."
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/ˈfeɪθ-ɪst/
1. A person who relies on faith-based reasoning to assert authority or superiority, often in a dismissive, coercive, or absolutist manner.
2. An individual who uses religious or belief-driven language as a substitute for evidence, nuance, or dialogue — frequently as a form of moral dominance.
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Usage Notes:
Typically pejorative.
Not synonymous with "person of faith" — a faithist imposes their belief as unquestionable truth.
May exhibit certainty-as-virtue and humility-as-weakness behaviors.
Often enters conversations with "I believe..." followed by universal claims or judgments.
Related Terms:
faithism (noun)
The worldview or behavior pattern of prioritizing belief over dialogue, coercion over consent, and dogma over exploration.
faithsplain (verb)
To explain something with excessive reliance on religious belief as fact, usually while dismissing science, reason, or lived experience.
“He started faithsplaining the universe like he invented it.”
faithflex-flexing (verb)
Subtly or overtly asserting superiority by displaying piety, religious knowledge, or divine alignment in social situations.
“She wasn’t praying — she was faithflexing"
/ˈfeɪθ-ɪst/
1. A person who relies on faith-based reasoning to assert authority or superiority, often in a dismissive, coercive, or absolutist manner.
2. An individual who uses religious or belief-driven language as a substitute for evidence, nuance, or dialogue — frequently as a form of moral dominance.
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Usage Notes:
Typically pejorative.
Not synonymous with "person of faith" — a faithist imposes their belief as unquestionable truth.
May exhibit certainty-as-virtue and humility-as-weakness behaviors.
Often enters conversations with "I believe..." followed by universal claims or judgments.
Related Terms:
faithism (noun)
The worldview or behavior pattern of prioritizing belief over dialogue, coercion over consent, and dogma over exploration.
faithsplain (verb)
To explain something with excessive reliance on religious belief as fact, usually while dismissing science, reason, or lived experience.
“He started faithsplaining the universe like he invented it.”
faithflex-flexing (verb)
Subtly or overtly asserting superiority by displaying piety, religious knowledge, or divine alignment in social situations.
“She wasn’t praying — she was faithflexing"
Example:
“I tried talking to them about it, but they went full faithist and told me I’d go to hell if I disagreed.”
“I tried talking to them about it, but they went full faithist and told me I’d go to hell if I disagreed.”
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/ˈfeɪθɪst/
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Plural: faithists
Derived from: faith + -ist
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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.”
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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.
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Synonyms:
Religious bigot
Sectarian (contextual)
Theocratic supremacist
Spiritual supremacist
Antonyms:
Pluralist
Tolerant
Secular
Rationalist
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Etymology:
faith (Middle English feith, from Anglo-French feid, from Latin fides)
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-ist (a suffix forming agent nouns from verbs or nouns, denoting adherents, advocates, or practitioners)
/ˈfeɪθɪst/
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Plural: faithists
Derived from: faith + -ist
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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.”
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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.
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Synonyms:
Religious bigot
Sectarian (contextual)
Theocratic supremacist
Spiritual supremacist
Antonyms:
Pluralist
Tolerant
Secular
Rationalist
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Etymology:
faith (Middle English feith, from Anglo-French feid, from Latin fides)
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-ist (a suffix forming agent nouns from verbs or nouns, denoting adherents, advocates, or practitioners)
That government policy was blatantly faithist, favoring one religion’s values while suppressing another’s.
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