Aum Shinrikyo
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Aum Shinrikyo
C20: from Sanskrit aum om + Japanese shinri kyo supreme truth
Example Sentences
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The organizations include the Basque separatist group ETA , the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo, the radical Jewish group Kahane Kach and two Islamic groups that have been active in Israel, the Palestinian territories and Egypt.
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2022
The government did not target religious groups or ban Aum Shinrikyo, and the cult ultimately disintegrated on its own.
From Slate • May 17, 2021
The Aum Shinrikyo cult members were not ordinary people, in that they were seeking some kind of truth or absolute truth.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 10, 2019
The same syndrome affected one victim of the Aum Shinrikyo cult's sarin terrorism, says Bahie Abou-Donia, a neurobiologist at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 4, 2018
Aum Shinrikyo in Japan, the Branch Davidians in Texas, Heaven’s Gate in California, the nonreligious Manson Family — all had faithful disciples.
From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2017
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