Meanings
- informaluncountableThe jargon used in Scientology.
The Scientologist, sometimes, in using Scientologese abbreviates this to “Ack”; he “acked the person.”
1975, L[afayette] Ron Hubbard, “Acknowledgement”, in Dianetics and Scientology Technical Dictionary, Los Angeles, Calif.: Church of Scientology of California, →ISBN, page 62 more examples
To achieve these ends, the “priests” of Scientology, […] guide the faithful through an intense and intensive sequence of 15 self-analytical Acts, during which the neophytes clear their mind banks of doubts in the manner of a computer warming up for a new problem. These self-defeating hang-ups are known in Scientologese as “service facsimiles.”
1971 September 20, Robert F[rancis] Jones, “The Prime of Mr. John Brodie”, in Sports Illustrated, volume 35, number 12, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 63, columns 1–2Speaking in full-blown Scientologese, he [Mark Rathbun] wrote, “The end result is unmocked org form, overworked and enturbulated executives and staff.”
2013, Lawrence Wright, “Bohemian Rhapsody”, in Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, part II (Hollywood), page 262
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