scientology
scientology Lexical Profile
• noun
A religious system and set of beliefs and practices founded by American author L. Ron Hubbard in the 1950s, centered on spiritual rehabilitation and self-knowledge through a counseling process called auditing.
"The sociological seminar examined the history and organizational structure of Scientology alongside other twentieth-century religious movements."
Word Nuance & Usage
Do not confuse with Christian Science, a completely unrelated nineteenth-century religious movement founded by Mary Baker Eddy.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the early 1950s by American author L. Ron Hubbard from the Latin scientia ('knowledge') and the Greek suffix -logia ('study of'), following an earlier independent use of the term by philologist Allen Upward in 1907.
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