Scientologist
English
Etymology
Scientology + -ist
Noun
Scientologist (plural Scientologists)
- 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; Bill Kurtis, “Inside Scientology”, in A&E Investigative Reports, A&E Network, retrieved 2007-11-01:
- 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, Ortega, Tony, “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, Morton, Andrew, Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, pages Back Jacket:
- You can't drive past an accident, because as a Scientologist you are the only one who can help. -- Tom Cruise
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Quotations
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:Scientologist.
Hypernyms
- religionist
Derived terms
- ex-Scientologist
Translations
follower of Scientology
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Anagrams
- insectologist