rastafari
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
noun
A Rastafarian.
adj
Example Sentences
- "At the same time, social, economic, and even political relations remain individualistic and personal rather than communitarian as in the case of the Bobo. Thus most Rastafari are allowed to lead their own lives as members of a religion but without the risk of violating collective discipline. They have a sense of identity but without ritual obligation."
- "Over time, the Bible has been altered from its original state. For political and economic reasons, things have been edited out, especially in the case of the King James I version of the Bible (Nicholas 1979). Therefore many Rastafari are particularly selective about what they believe in the scriptures."
- "Repatriation is viewed as a must for Rastafari, and the earliest Rastafari did not have the resources to make this return possible or, as anthropologist Charles Price details, “sold all they possessed in order to leave for Africa” (2009, 218). Price has spoken of the shift in class among Rastafari; though many Rastafari are still economically deprived, there do exist “monied Rastafari” (ibid.)."
- "“Are you from Jamaica?” he blurted out. / The Rastafarian stopped and looked at the reporter with soft red eyes. “Who, I? Sí.” / “Are you Rastafari?” Sloman pressed."
- "All that was behind him, he said, for he had become Rastafari and all he wanted to do was to learn black history and spread love and feelings to everybody."
- "Ras Sam Brown, for example, explains why he is Rastafari by situating himself as a link between the past and present: […]"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: ራስ