Scientologist

From Latin scientia +‎ -ologist.^[1]

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Scientologist (plural Scientologists)

1. A follower of Scientology, whether belonging to the "official" Church of Scientology or being outside in the so-called Free Zone.
   • 1998 December 14, A&E Staff with Bill Kurtis, “Inside Scientology”, in A&E Investigative Reports‎^[1], A&E Network, retrieved 1 November 2007:

     I felt great and I got rid of some stuff that I didn't realize that I was dragging around. And I said, 'Whoa, I think I've become a Scientologist.' -- Isaac Hayes

   • 2001 September 27, Tony Ortega, “Sympathy For The Devil”, in New Times Los Angeles:

     Tory Bezazian was a veteran Scientologist who loved going after church critics. Until she met the darkest detractor of all.

   • 2002 February 2, Peter Lalor, “Why you will find yourself at the Forum”, in Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: News Limited, page 35:

     But what is it and where does it come from? Landmark Forum evolved from est (Erhard Seminar Training) an intense and controversial newage selfhelp group of the 1970s and '80s using a combination of Eastern philosophies developed by former scientologist Werner Erhard.

   • 2008, Andrew Morton, Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page Back Jacket:

     You can't drive past an accident, because as a Scientologist you are the only one who can help. -- Tom Cruise

• For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Scientologist.

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Scientologist

1. Of or relating to Scientology or Scientologists.

   Synonyms: Scientological, Scientologistic

   • 1978, Gore Vidal, chapter 2, in Kalki: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 18:

     Neither of them had heard of Kelly or Kalki, but then neither of them had heard of Horace, Alexander Pope, [Blaise] Pascal, [Denis] Diderot, [Werner] Heisenberg’s law or entropy. Their lives were spent, successfully, repelling information. They were perfect “clears,” to use Scientologist jargon.

   • 1980, Jerry Bergman, “William Sims Bainbridge. Satan’s Power: A Deviant Psychotherapy Cult. […]”, in Review of Religious Research, volume 22, New York, N.Y.: Religious Research Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, Book Reviews section, page 93:

     He [Robert de Grimston] graduated from a Scientology unit, and within fourteen weeks became a Scientologist “therapist.”

   • 2006, Joe Boyd, chapter 27, in White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s, London: Serpent’s Tail, →ISBN, page 223:

     They moved a group of dancers and Scientologist friends into the Row and created a pageant called U.

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