Rastafarianism

Rastafarianism

English

Etymology

Rastafarian +‎ -ism, from Amharic ራስ ተፈሪ (ras täfäri), a title of Haile Selassie, from ራስ (ras, “chief, head”) + ተፈሪ (täfäri, “revered”).

Proper noun

Rastafarianism

1. A religion that emerged in Jamaica in the 1930s out of biblical prophecy and rising black aspirations.

Synonyms

• Rasta
• Rastafari

Coordinate terms

• (religions) religion; agnosticism,‎ Asatru,‎ atheism,‎ Ayyavazhi,‎ Baháʼí Faith,‎ Bon,‎ Buddhism,‎ Cao Dai,‎ Cheondoism,‎ Christianity,‎ deism,‎ Druidry,‎ Druze,‎ Eckankar,‎ Heathenry,‎ Hinduism,‎ Islam,‎ Jainism,‎ Jediism,‎ Judaism,‎ Kimbanguism,‎ Odinism,‎ paganism,‎ Pastafarianism,‎ Raëlism,‎ Rastafarianism,‎ Rodnovery,‎ Romuva,‎ Samaritanism,‎ Sanamahism,‎ Shinto,‎ Sikhism,‎ Taoism,‎ Thelema,‎ Unitarian Universalism,‎ Wicca,‎ Yahwism,‎ Yazidism,‎ Yoruba,‎ Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

Related terms

• Rastafarian

Translations

religion that emerged in Jamaica in the 1930s

Chinese: Cantonese: 拉斯特法里教 (laai1 si1 tak6 faat3 lei5 gaau3) Mandarin: 拉斯塔法里教 (Lāsītǎfǎlǐjiào) Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: rastafari French: rastafarisme (fr) m Italian: rastafarianismo (it) m Portuguese: rastafarianismo m Russian: растафариа́нство (ru) n (rastafariánstvo)