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Scientology|ˌsaɪənˈtɒlədʒɪ|
Also s-.
[f. scient- (in L. scientia knowledge) + -ology.]
A system of beliefs based on the study of knowledge and claiming to develop the highest potentialities of its members, founded in 1951 by L. Ron Hubbard (b. 1911).
Scientology is registered in the U.S. as a proprietary term.
[1937A. Nordenholz Scientologie 7 Die Scientologie oder Eidologie, als eine Wissenschaft vom Wissen selbst, stellt sich ihrer Anlage nach in einen Gegensatz zu den Wissenschaften von den Dingen, die ins Wissen eingehen.] 1951L. R. Hubbard (title) Handbook for Preclears: Scientology. 1952― Scientology: 8–80 8 Scientology means knowing about knowing, or science of knowledge. 1960Daily Tel. 29 Nov. 13/2 Meanwhile, I toured the town trying to discover the meaning of ‘scientology’ and ‘creative learning’, the system under which the children were instructed to imagine they were dead. 1965L. R. Hubbard Scientology Abridged Dict. 30 Scientology, an applied religious philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge, which, through the application of its technology can bring about desirable changes in the conditions of life. 1969Wall St. Jrnl. 30 July, The Court of Claims ruled that the Founding Church of Scientology failed to show its net income didn't benefit private individuals. 1970Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 1 Sept. tm 52/2 [Reg. no.] 898,018. L. Ron Hubbard, Washington, D.C...Scientology. For Bulletins, Books and Newsletters (Int. Cl. 16). First use Nov. 21, 1951. 1971J. G. Foster Enquiry into Pract. & Effects Scientology iv. 42 in Parl. Papers 1971–2 XXXVI. 917 Scientology departs from the mechanistic psychology of Dianetics by introducing a new causative agent... More usually..and especially in recent works..it is called the ‘spirit’ or ‘thetan’... Among the goals of Scientology processing are to increase the beingness of the thetan and thus increase the creative potential of the individual personality and its analytical mind. 1973Daily Tel. 31 Oct. 14/4 There was Lord Soper grudgingly admitting that Scientology was entitled to be called a religion even if it was the worst one he had come across. 1975D. Lodge Changing Places v. 176 A young man distributing, without conviction, leaflets about courses in Scientology. 1980Daily Tel. 14 July 3/1 A Scientology spokesman said the removal of the ban would be ‘in keeping with Mrs Thatcher's beliefs in individual freedom and human rights’. |