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Scientology

scien·to·logy

US/ˌsaɪʌˈntɑlʌdʒi/ uncommon

noun

1.

a new religion founded by L. Ron Hubbard in 1955 and characterized by a belief in the power of a person''s spirit to clear itself of past painful experiences through self-knowledge and spiritual fulfillment

Origin

From the stem of Latin scientia (“knowledge”), from sciō (“to know”), + -ology.

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