Rastafarian

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Ras·ta·far·i·an

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(räs'tə-fär'ē-ən, răs'tə-făr'-) pronunciation

n.
An adherent of Rastafarianism.

adj.
Of or relating to Rastafarianism or its adherents.

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Member of a political and religious movement among blacks in Jamaica and several other countries. Rastafarians worship Haile Selassie, considering him the messiah. They believe that blacks are the Israelites reincarnated, who have been subjected to the evil and inferior white race in divine punishment for their sins; they will eventually be redeemed by repatriation to Africa and will compel the whites to serve them. These beliefs, first enunciated in 1953, can be traced to several independent prophets, particularly Marcus Garvey. As the movement grew, ideas of repatriation tended to give way to either black militancy or mysticism. The Rastafarian life usually includes vegetarianism, the wearing of dreadlocks, and the smoking of marijuana.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - Rastafari (Jamaica), Rasta-
n. - Rastamand

Nederlands (Dutch)
Rastafari, Rasta

Français (French)
adj. - (Relig) rasta
n. - (Relig) rastafari

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rastafari
adj. - Rasta-

Ελληνική (Greek)
n., -
adj. - ρασταφαριανός

Italiano (Italian)
rastafariano

Português (Portuguese)
n. - rastafari
adj. - relativo ao rastafari

Русский (Russian)
растафари

Español (Spanish)
adj. - rasta
n. - rasta, perteneciente a una secta originaria de Jamaica

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - anhängare till rastafarireligionen
adj. - rastafari-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
拉斯特法里派一员的, 拉斯特法里崇拜者的, 拉斯特法里派一员, 拉斯特法里崇拜者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 拉斯特法里派一員的, 拉斯特法里崇拜者的
n. - 拉斯特法里派一員, 拉斯特法里崇拜者

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 라스타파리안[의]
n. - 라스타파리안

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ラスタファリアン
adj. - ラスタファリアン主義の, ラスタファリアンの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) التابع لراستافاريا وهي طائفه دينيه في جامايكا وبعض الدول الافريقيه (صفه) يتبع راستفاريا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של כת מג'מאיקה הרואה בשחורים את העם הנבחר ובהיילה סלאסיה את המשיח‬
n. - ‮בן כת מג'מאיקה הרואה בשחורים את העם הנבחר ובהיילה סלאסיה את המשיח‬

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