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RASTAS

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 I. (noun) 

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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 musicplay

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)

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