blasphemer
Reviler of divinity
A blasphemer is someone who speaks irreverently about God or sacred things.
The term carries strong religious weight—in some traditions and legal systems, blasphemy remains a serious offense.
More loosely, blasphemer can describe anyone who violates what others hold sacred: To wine purists, he was a blasphemer for adding ice cubes.
Challenger of official doctrine
- apostateOne who renounces faith
- infidelNonbeliever in another's creed
- unbelieverOne lacking faith
- dissenterOpponent of orthodoxy
nonbeliever · heathen · pagan · skeptic · doubter · freethinker · agnostic · atheist
One who mocks
- scornerOne showing contempt
- revilerOne who verbally abuses
- deriderOne who mocks
- cynicDoubter of good intentions
irreverent · impious · disrespectful · profaner · insulter · ridiculer · satirist · lampooner
Victim for beliefs
- hereticChallenger of official doctrine
- apostateOne who renounces faith
- exileBanishment from homeland
- outcastShunned, rejected person
condemned · excommunicated · anathematized · shunned · burned · stoned · banished · inquisition
One who corrupts purity
- profanerOne who violates sanctity
- violatorOne who breaks rules
- vandalWillful property destroyer
- iconoclastAttacker of cherished beliefs
polluter · corrupter · debaser · destroyer · abominator · taboo-breaker
Belief opposing official doctrine
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
- desecrationViolating something sacred
- profanationViolation of sanctity
- impietyIrreverence toward the divine
irreverence · sacrilege · defilement · iconoclasm · taboo · transgression · sin · abomination
heretic
Challenger of official doctrine
- apostateOne who renounces faith
- infidelNonbeliever in another's creed
- unbelieverOne lacking faith
dissenter · nonbeliever · heathen · pagan · skeptic · doubter · freethinker · agnostic · atheist · iconoclast
scoffer
One who mocks
cynic · irreverent · impious · disrespectful · profaner · insulter · ridiculer · satirist · lampooner · provocateur
martyr
Victim for beliefs
outcast · condemned · excommunicated · anathematized · shunned · burned · stoned · banished · inquisition · tribunal
defiler
One who corrupts purity
iconoclast · polluter · corrupter · debaser · destroyer · abominator · taboo-breaker
heresy
Belief opposing official doctrine
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
- desecrationViolating something sacred
- profanationViolation of sanctity
impiety · irreverence · sacrilege · defilement · iconoclasm · taboo · transgression · sin · abomination · offense
- sinnerssinner, transgressor, evildoer, wrongdoer, idolater
- freethinkersfreethinker, freethinkers, secularists, rationalist, rationalists
- forbidden actsidolatry, sacrilege, adultery, incest, sodomy
- hereticsheretic, Gnostics, Marcellus, apostate, schismatic
- rule breakersrulebreaker, transgressor, violator, offender, lawbreaker
- faith labelsbeliever, nonbeliever, atheist, agnostic, theist
- blasphemy lawsProhibitions on religious insult
- blasphemy chargesFormal accusations of irreverence
blasphemy, blasphemous, blaspheme, blaspheming, blasphemed, blasphemers, blasphemes, blasphemously