Meanings
plural Scientologists
- A follower of Scientology, whether belonging to the "official" Church of Scientology or being outside in the so-called Free Zone.
You can't drive past an accident, because as a Scientologist you are the only one who can help. -- Tom Cruise
2008, Andrew Morton, Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography, New York: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page Back Jacket3 more examples
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
1998 December 14, A&E Staff with Bill Kurtis, “Inside Scientology”, in A&E Investigative Reports, A&E Network, retrieved 01 Nov 2007Tory Bezazian was a veteran Scientologist who loved going after church critics. Until she met the darkest detractor of all.
2001 September 27, Tony Ortega, “Sympathy For The Devil”, in New Times Los AngelesBut 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.
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
- Of or relating to Scientology or Scientologists.
They moved a group of dancers and Scientologist friends into the Row and created a pageant called U.
2006, Joe Boyd, chapter 27, in White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s, London: Serpent’s Tail, →ISBN, page 2232 more examples
Neither of them had heard of Kelly or Kalki, but then neither of them had heard of Horace, Alexander Pope, [Blaise] Pascal, [Denis] Diderot, [Werner] Heisenberg’s law or entropy. Their lives were spent, successfully, repelling information. They were perfect “clears,” to use Scientologist jargon.
1978, Gore Vidal, chapter 2, in Kalki: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 18He [Robert de Grimston] graduated from a Scientology unit, and within fourteen weeks became a Scientologist “therapist.”
1980, Jerry Bergman, “William Sims Bainbridge. Satan’s Power: A Deviant Psychotherapy Cult. […]”, in Review of Religious Research, volume 22, New York, N.Y.: Religious Research Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, Book Reviews section, page 93Synonyms: Scientological, Scientologistic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or relating to Scientology or Scientologists.
Origin
From Latin scientia + -ologist.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech scientolog
- scientologfollower of Scientology
Danish scientolog
- scientologfollower of Scientology
Finnish skientologi
- skientologifollower of Scientology
French scientologue
- scientologuefollower of Scientology
German Scientologe, Scientologin
- Scientologefollower of Scientology
- Scientologinfollower of Scientology
Hungarian szcientológus
- szcientológusfollower of Scientology
Italian scientologo
- scientologofollower of Scientology
Japanese サイエントロジスト
- サイエントロジスト (saientorojisuto)follower of Scientology
Norwegian Bokmål scientolog
- scientologfollower of Scientology
Polish scjentolog, scjentolożka
- scjentologfollower of Scientology
- scjentolożkafollower of Scientology
Portuguese cientologista
- cientologistafollower of Scientology
Russian саенто́лог, сайенто́лог
- саенто́лог (sajentólog)follower of Scientology
- сайенто́лог (sajjentólog)follower of Scientology
Spanish cienciólogo, ciencióloga
- cienciólogofollower of Scientology
- cienciólogafollower of Scientology
Swedish scientolog
- scientologfollower of Scientology
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Cite this entry
Scientologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scientologist
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