单词 | scientological |
释义 | Scientologicaladj. 1. depreciative. Representative of or relating to Scientology (Scientology n. 2). rare. ΚΠ 1907 A. Upward New Word x. iv. 145 Its Andronican elasticity, its man-faced energy of motion, and its double-faced velocities; all brought together to account for a not-quite-true law; is a fair sample, taken at haphazard, of scientological writing. 2. Of or relating to Scientology (Scientology n. 3); characteristic of a Scientologist. ΚΠ 1955 V. Silcock & L. Maynard (title) Creative learning, a scientological experiment in schools. 1978 G. Vidal Kalki ii. 24 Neil offered me a vapid Scientological smile. 1998 Independent on Sunday 21 June ii. 9/1 But there's also something rather sinister about it, something that smells of Californian pseudo-religion, cod New Age theology, the unblinking self-assurance of Scientological types. 2009 J. R. Lewis Scientol. 251 The Scientological creed is actually not based on faith but on rationality, and hence rationality is the genuine basis of the Scientological belief. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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