Obnosis

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Noun
  1. 1
    Observing the obvious. uncountable

    "Here you will find the Instructor's Code, Obnosis and the Tone Scale and one of the best descriptions of Assist processing ever published."

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"Here you will find the Instructor's Code, Obnosis and the Tone Scale and one of the best descriptions of Assist processing ever published."

Etymology

Coined by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, apparently as a blend of observe + gnosis.

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