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- noun
Observing theobvious
Etymologies
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First attested in the writings of L. Ron Hubbard and the Church of Scientology. Apparently coined from observe (or perhaps obvious) and Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnōsis, "knowledge").
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Examples
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If you want to destroy the cult, study your own reactions each time you do something—learn to read yourself and use your own power of obnosis to discover the real world within and around you.
Scientology is a cult... James 2008
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Granted that his power of obnosis observation was the best in the world, his crime against humanity was to make a “religion” based upon the falsehood, that it was his very own invention or creation and not a law of God belonging to all Humanity as their lawful right.
Scientology is a cult... James 2008
bilby commented on the word obnosis
But of course.
September 6, 2022