Definition of Rastafarianism

1. Noun. A religious cult based on a belief that Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie) is the Messiah and that Africa (especially Ethiopia) is the Promised Land.

Generic synonyms: Cult, Cultus, Religious Cult

Definition of Rastafarianism

1. Proper noun. (rasta) A religion that emerged in Jamaica in the 1930s out of biblical prophecy and rising black aspirations. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rastafarianism

Rashomon effect
Rasht
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Rask
Raskolnik
Raskolnikov
Raskolniks
Rasmus Christian Rask
Rasmussen
Rasmussen's aneurysm
Rasputin
Rasputinesque
Rasta
Rastafari
Rastafarian
Rastafarianism
Rastafarians
Rastaman
Rastamen
Rastas
Rastelli's operation
Rastus
Rathke's bundles
Rathke's cleft cyst
Rathke's diverticulum
Rathke's pouch
Rathke's pouch tumour
Rathnupur
Ratibida
Ratibida columnaris

Literary usage of Rastafarianism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventure Guide to Barbados by Lynne M. Sullivan (2001)
"rastafarianism The religion known as rastafarianism has its roots in Africa and its origin in Jamaica. It was introduced to Bajans in 1975 and has gained ..."

2. Jamaica by Paris Permenter, John Bigley (2000)
"rastafarianism Jamaica's best known religion is rastafarianism, which centers around ... rastafarianism mandates vegetarianism, a strict code of peace and, ..."

3. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"... the Divine Light Mission, Hare Krishna, rastafarianism, and other international faiths, as well as some separatist or spiritual churches or cults, ..."

4. Trinidad & Tobago by Don Philpott (2002)
"rastafarianism originated in Jamaica and gave birth to the distinctive national music ... There is no doubt that rastafarianism is largely misunderstood, ..."

5. Home Cooking in the Global Village: Caribbean Food from Buccaneers to by Richard R. Wilk (2006)
"rastafarianism has never been a major movement in Belize, but dreadlocks, reggae and Rasta fashions have been popular. A few real Rastafarians from Jamaica ..."

6. Home Cooking in the Global Village: Caribbean Food from Buccaneers to by Richard R. Wilk (2006)
"rastafarianism has never been a major movement in Belize, but dreadlocks, reggae and Rasta fashions have been popular. A few real Rastafarians from Jamaica ..."

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