Rastafarianism

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Etymology

Rastafarian +‎ -ism, from Amharic ራስተፈሪ ‎(Ras Tafari, “alternative name of Haile Selassie of Ethiopia”), from ራስ ‎(ras, “chief, head”) (from Arabic رَأْس ‎(raʾs)) + ተፈሪ ‎(tafari, “to be feared, fearsome”), from ፈራ ‎(fara, “to fear”)

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: please add this translation if you can