Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rastafari

1 sense of rastafari

Sense 1
Rastafari, Rastas -- ((Jamaica) a Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s; males grow hair in long dreadlocks and wear woolen caps; use marijuana and listen to reggae music)
       => youth subculture -- (a minority youth culture whose distinctiveness depended largely on the social class and ethnic background of its members; often characterized by its adoption of a particular music genre)
       => cult -- (followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices)