Pastafarianism

English

Etymology

Blend of pasta +‎ Rastafarianism. By surface analysis, Pastafarian +‎ -ism. Popularized by Bobby Henderson in 2005 as a satirical protest against the teaching of intelligent design.

Noun

Pastafarianism (uncountable)

1. A parody religion centered around the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a creator deity who resembles spaghetti and meatballs.

   Synonym: Flying Spaghetti Monsterism

   Hyponym: Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

   • 2005 January, Bobby Henderson, “Open Letter To Kansas School Board”, in spaghettimonster.org‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 March 2023:

     One third time for Intelligent Design, one third time for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism (Pastafarianism), and one third time for logical conjecture based on overwhelming observable evidence.

Derived terms

• Pastafarian

Translations

parody religion

• Basque: pastafarismo
• Bulgarian: пастафарианство n (pastafarianstvo)
• Dutch: pastafarianisme (nl) n
• Finnish: pastafarismi (fi)
• French: pastafarisme (fr) m
• German: Pastafarianismus (de) m
• Polish: pastafarianizm m
• Portuguese: pastafarianismo m
• Russian: пастафариа́нство (ru) n (pastafariánstvo)
• Spanish: pastafarismo (es) m