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RASTAS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(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
Synonyms:
Rastafari; Rastas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Rastas" is a kind of...):
cult (followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices)
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)
Meronyms (members of "Rastas"):
Rasta; Rastafarian (follower of Rastafarianism)
Domain category:
Jamaica (a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism)
