Meanings
dianetics1
- uncountableAlternative letter-case form of Dianetics.
Dianetics2
alternative dianetics
- uncountableA self-help system designed by L. Ron Hubbard, today chiefly employed in Scientology.
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In psychology, Dianetics drops into line without disturbing anything concerned with staffs or research or teaching posts, for psychology is simply the study of the psyche and now that there exists a science of the psyche it can go ahead with a will. Thus, Dianetics is the enemy of none, and Dianetics falls utterly outside all existing legislation, none of which anticipated or made any provision for a science of mind.
1950, L. Ron Hubbard, Dianetics, New Era Publications, published 1999, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 220
Origin
- Ancient Greekδιά“through”
- EnglishDianetics
Coined by author and Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard from Ancient Greek διά (diá, “through”) + νοῦς (noûs, “mind”); an alteration of dianoetic. Literally, “through the soul”.
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Arabic دَايَنَتِكْس
- دَايَنَتِكْس (dāyanatiks)self-help system now used in Scientology
Danish dianetik
- dianetikself-help system now used in Scientology
Esperanto dianetiko
- dianetikoself-help system now used in Scientology
Finnish dianetiikka
- dianetiikkaself-help system now used in Scientology
French dianétique
- dianétiqueself-help system now used in Scientology
Italian dianetica
- dianeticaself-help system now used in Scientology
Spanish dianética
- dianéticaself-help system now used in Scientology
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dianetics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dianetics
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