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; animism,‎ Asatru,‎ Bahá'í Faith,‎ Buddhism,‎ Cao Dai,‎ Christianity,‎ Confucianism,‎ deism,‎ Druidry,‎ Eckankar,‎ Heathenry,‎ Hinduism,‎ religious humanism,‎ Islam,‎ Jainism,‎ Judaism,‎ LaVeyanism,‎ Luciferianism,‎ New Age,‎ paganism,‎ Raëlism,‎ Rastafarianism,‎ santería,‎ Scientology,‎ shamanism,‎ Shinto,‎ Sikhism,‎ Spiritism,‎ Taoism,‎ Tengrism,‎ Tenrikyo,‎ Thelema,‎ Unitarian Universalism,‎ Wicca,‎ 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)

• Finnish: rastafari
• Russian: растафариа́нство (ru) n (rastafariánstvo)