Scientology

/ ˌsaɪənˈtɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. the philosophy of the Church of Scientology, a nondenominational movement founded in the US in the 1950s, which emphasizes self-knowledge as a means of realizing full spiritual potential

Other Word Forms

• Scientologist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Scientology¹

C20: from Latin scient ( ia ) _science + _-logy

Example Sentences

Investigators at the Securities and Exchange Commission have recently probed Chicago-based startup Dream Exchange and its ties to the Church of Scientology.

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The Church of Scientology becomes nothing but the place you pass by on your way to Found Oyster.

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One of them was Mac McCloskey, who came with about 15 other volunteers wearing bright yellow T-shirts and jackets branded with the logo of the Church of Scientology.

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Mike Rinder, a former executive leader for the Church of Scientology who became a whistleblower after he left the organization, has died.

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Journalist Tony Ortega, who has long covered Scientology, announced in a June 2023 post on his Underground Bunker blog that Rinder had advanced esophageal cancer.

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