Rastafarianism

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Rastafarianism

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

proper noun

A religion that emerged in Jamaica in the 1930s out of biblical prophecy and rising black aspirations.
Similar: Rasta, Rastafari

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name religion that emerged in Jamaica in the 1930s

中文	拉斯塔法里教 Lāsītǎfǎlǐjiào
Português	rastafarianismo
Français	rastafarisme
Italiano	rastafarianismo
Русский	растафариа́нство rastafariánstvo

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@misc{rastafarianism_2026,
  title = {Rastafarianism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rastafarianism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}