Rastafarianism

[ras-tuh-fair-ee-uh-niz-uhm, -fahr-, rah-stuh-]

Ras·ta·far·i·an·ism

[ras-tuh-fair-ee-uh-niz-uhm, -fahr-, rah-stuh-]
noun
a religious cult, originally of Jamaica, that regards Africa as the Promised Land, to which all true believers will someday return, and the late Haile Selassie I, former emperor of Ethiopia, as the messiah.

Origin:
Rastafarian + -ism
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Rastafarianism has a plethora of syllables.
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(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
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rastafarianism

noun
a religious cult based on a belief that Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie) is the Messiah and that Africa (especially Ethiopia) is the Promised Land 
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