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Scientologist

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to Scientology or Scientologists.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Scientological, Scientologistic

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A follower of Scientology, whether belonging to the "official" Church of Scientology or being outside in the so-called Free Zone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin scientia + -ologist.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: scientolog — follower of Scientology
  • Danish: scientolog — follower of Scientology
  • Finnish: skientologi — follower of Scientology
  • French: scientologue — follower of Scientology
  • German: Scientologe — follower of Scientology
  • German: Scientologin — follower of Scientology
  • Hungarian: szcientológus — follower of Scientology
  • Ido: ciencologo — follower of Scientology
  • Italian: scientologo — follower of Scientology
  • Japanese: サイエントロジスト (saientorojisuto) — follower of Scientology
  • Norwegian Bokmål: scientolog — follower of Scientology
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: scientolog — follower of Scientology
  • Polish: scjentolog — follower of Scientology
  • Polish: scjentolożka — follower of Scientology
  • Portuguese: cientologista — follower of Scientology
  • Russian: саенто́лог (sajentólog) — follower of Scientology
  • Russian: сайенто́лог (sajjentólog) — follower of Scientology
  • Spanish: cienciólogo — follower of Scientology
  • Spanish: ciencióloga — follower of Scientology
  • Swedish: scientolog — follower of Scientology