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Pastafarianism

Pastafarianism noun: a parody religion centered around the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a creator deity who resembles spaghetti and meatballs.

Noun

Pastafarianism (uncountable)

  1. A parody religion centered around the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a creator deity who resembles spaghetti and meatballs.
    • One third time for Intelligent Design, one third time for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism (Pastafarianism), and one third time for logical conjecture based on overwhelming observable evidence.2005 January, Bobby Henderson, “Open Letter To Kansas School Board”, in spaghettimonster.org, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023

Synonyms of Pastafarianism

Origin of Pastafarianism

Blend of pasta + Rastafarianism. By surface analysis, Pastafarian + -ism. Popularized by Bobby Henderson in 2005 as a satirical protest against the teaching of intelligent design.

Words formed from Pastafarianism

Questions about Pastafarianism

What does Pastafarianism mean?
Pastafarianism means a parody religion centered around the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a creator deity who resembles spaghetti and meatballs.
What part of speech is Pastafarianism?
Pastafarianism is a noun.

Words near Pastafarianism in the dictionary

  1. pasta wheat
  2. pasta wheats
  3. pasta window
  4. pastable
  5. Pastafarian
  6. Pastafarianism
  7. Pastafarians
  8. Pastagate
  9. pastaholic
  10. pastaholics
  11. pastalaya

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