Rafida

Rafida, also transliterated as Rafidah, is an Arabic word (collective plural Arabic:الرافضة‎, translit. ar-Rāfiḍa; multiple plural Arabic:روافض‎, translit. Rawāfiḍ; singular Arabic:رافضي‎, translit. Rāfiḍī) meaning "rejectors", "rejectionists", "those who reject" or "those who refuse". The word is derived from the Arabic consonantal root ر ف ض, which as a verb means "to reject". The non-collective singular form is رافضي rāfiḍī "one who rejects". This is an Islamic term which refers to those who, in the opinion of the person using the term, reject legitimate Islamic authority and leadership. Those being called rafida generally consider it to be a pejorative appellation, a negative affect, and an abusive nickname.