Word: ism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...many ways, dianetics-("the science of mind") is the poor man's psychoanalysis; it has a touch of Couéism and a mild resemblance to Buchmanite confession. It purports to cleanse the mind of previous harmful influences, thus vastly increasing its powers and efficiency, by making the individual relive former painful experiences to "discharge" their evil power. According to dianetics' discoverer, L. (for Lafayette) Ron (for Ronald) Hubbard: "The hidden source of all psychosomatic ills and human aberration has been discovered and skills have been developed for their invariable cure." Sample ills: arthritis, allergies, asthma, some coronary...
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...Suppression of freedom of speech does not defeat communism, or fascism, or any other -ism," he declared...
...does he describe his present work? "I don't lean toward any 'ism," Price says. "To me my work is very realistic. [The important thing is to] get away from that tightening-up feeling. You've got to loosen up. You've got to feel all over, like pitching...