Dianetics
See also: dianetics
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διά (diá, “through”) + νοῦς (noûs, “mind”); from an alteration of dianoetic.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /daɪəˈnɛtɪks/
Noun
Dianetics (uncountable)
- A self-help system designed by L. Ron Hubbard which is chiefly employed today in Scientology.
- 1950, L. Ron Hubbard, Dianetics, New Era Publications, published 1999, →ISBN, OCLC 59128428, page 220:
- 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.
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Translations
self-help system now used in Scientology
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