Meanings
- uncountableA 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 28, Bobby Henderson, “Open Letter To Kansas School Board”, in spaghettimonster.org, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023Synonyms: Flying Spaghetti Monsterism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA parody religion centered around the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a creator deity who resembles spaghetti and meatballs.
Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque pastafarismo
- pastafarismoparody religion
Bulgarian пастафарианство
- пастафарианство (pastafarianstvo)parody religion
Dutch pastafarianisme
- pastafarianismeparody religion
Finnish pastafarismi
- pastafarismiparody religion
French pastafarisme
- pastafarismeparody religion
German Pastafarianismus
- Pastafarianismusparody religion
Polish pastafarianizm
- pastafarianizmparody religion
Portuguese pastafarianismo
- pastafarianismoparody religion
Russian пастафариа́нство
- пастафариа́нство (pastafariánstvo)parody religion
Spanish pastafarismo
- pastafarismoparody religion
Cite this entry
Pastafarianism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pastafarianism
“Pastafarianism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pastafarianism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pastafarianism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pastafarianism.
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