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self religion

self religion noun: a religious self-improvement group.

Noun

self religion (plural self religions)

  1. A religious self-improvement group.
    • Werner Erhard, a former used-car salesman, founded his Erhard Seminar Training system (EST) in 1971. He drew upon many sources in the development of his philosophy including Zen Buddhism, Dale Carnegie's Positive Thinking, L. Ron Hubbard's Scientology and Jose Silva's Silva Mind Control. Erhard's...1992 July 21, Ray Clancy, “Professionals fall prey to New Age gurus”, in The Times, United Kingdom
    • Rupert (1992) discusses a range of cases where religious or philosophical ideas have been used to underpin business training seminars, including both movements which fall under the 'New Age' umbrella and the so-called 'self religions' such as the human potential movement, est, or Scientology.2000, Peter Bernard Clarke, Japanese New Religions: In Global Perspective, Routledge, →ISBN, page 64

Forms of self religion

pluralself religions

Questions about self religion

What does self religion mean?
Self religion means a religious self-improvement group.
What part of speech is self religion?
Self religion is a noun.
What is the plural of self religion?
The plural of self religion is self religions.

Words near self religion in the dictionary

  1. self indulgences
  2. self name
  3. self names
  4. self pity
  5. self pollination
  6. self religion
  7. self religions
  8. self report
  9. self reported
  10. self reporting
  11. self reports

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