Editing Scientology (section)

=== Etymology ===
The word ''Scientology'', as coined by Hubbard, is a derivation from the [[Latin]] word ''scientia'' ("knowledge", "skill"), which comes from the verb ''scīre'' ("to know"), with the suffix [[-logy|-ology]], from the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] λόγος ''lógos'' ("word" or "account [of]").<ref>{{harvnb|Cusack|2009|p=394}}</ref><ref>Benjamin J. Hubbard/John T. Hatfield/James A. Santucci ''An Educator's Classroom Guide to America's Religious Beliefs and Practices'', p. 89, Libraries Unlimited, 2007 {{ISBN|978-1-59158-409-4}}</ref> Hubbard claimed that the word "Scientology" meant "''knowing about knowing'' or ''science of knowledge''".{{sfn|Urban|2011|p=64}} The name "Scientology" deliberately makes use of the word "science",{{sfnm|1a1=Rothstein|1y=2004|1p=110|2a1=Bigliardi|2y=2016|2p=666}} seeking to benefit from the "prestige and perceived legitimacy" of [[natural science]] in the public imagination.{{sfn|Lewis|2012|p=136}} In doing so, Scientology has been compared to religious groups like [[Christian Science]] and the [[Science of Mind]], which employed similar tactics.{{sfnm|1a1=Lewis|1y=2009a|1p=8|2a1=Lewis|2y=2012|2p=136}}

The term "Scientology" had been used in published works at least twice before Hubbard.{{sfn|Urban|2011|p=64}} In ''The New Word'' (1901), poet and lawyer [[Allen Upward]] first used scientology to mean blind, unthinking acceptance of scientific doctrine (compare [[scientism]]).{{Sfn|Atack|1990|p=128}}<ref name="upward">{{Cite book |title=The New Word : An open letter addressed to the Swedish academy in Stockholm on the meaning of the word idealist |first=Allen |last=Upward |author-link=Allen Upward |year=1914 |orig-year=1907 |ol=14030703M |publisher=Kennerley |pages=139, 149}}</ref> In 1934, philosopher [[Anastasius Nordenholz]] published ''Scientology: Science of the Constitution and Usefulness of Knowledge'', which used the term to mean the [[Scientific method|science of science]].{{r|malko|pp=116-9}}<ref name="nordenholz">{{Cite book |title=Scientologie, Wissenschaft von der Beschaffenheit und der Tauglichkeit des Wissens |language=de |trans-title=Scientology: Science of the Constitution and Usefulness of Knowledge |year=1934 |first=Anastasius |last=Nordenholz |author-link=Anastasius Nordenholz |oclc=249980578}}</ref> It is unknown whether Hubbard was aware of either prior usage of the word.{{r|malko|pp=116-9}}{{r|wallis|p=111}}