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kafirizing

kafirizing is the present participle and gerund of kafirize.

Meaning of kafirize

Verb

kafirize (third-person singular simple present kafirizes, present participle kafirizing, simple past and past participle kafirized)

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To make or become kafir.
  2. (rare, transitive) To accuse another person of being a heretic against Islam.
    • The practice of Islamists to kafirize their opponents (that is, to declare them unbelievers or pagans) further widens the gap between the radicals and the mainstream2004, Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Ray Takeyh, The Receding Shadow of the Prophet, Westport, Connecticut; London: Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, page 162

Questions about kafirizing

What is kafirizing the present participle and gerund of?
Kafirizing is the present participle and gerund of kafirize.

Words near kafirizing in the dictionary

  1. Kafiristan
  2. kafirization
  3. kafirize
  4. kafirized
  5. kafirizes
  6. kafirizing
  7. kafirness
  8. kafirs
  9. Kafirstan
  10. kafis
  11. kafiz

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