Moonie

[ moo-nee ]

noun

1. a member or follower of the Unification Church.

Moonie

/ ˈmuːnɪ /

noun

1. a member of the Unification Church
2. the Moonies
   the Moonies plural the Unification Church

Word History and Origins

Origin of Moonie¹

1970–75; Sun Myung Moon + -ie, with pun on moony

Word History and Origins

Origin of Moonie¹

C20: named after the founder Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012), S Korean industrialist

Example Sentences

“Love-bombing” Moonie co-eds have gone the way of bell-ringing Hare Krishnas.

From The Daily Beast