Raëlism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A UFO religion with liberal sexual views, holding that all life on Earth was created in scientific laboratories by extraterrestrials.

Word forms

Raëlism Raelism

Etymology

The movement was founded in the 1970s by "Raël" (Claude Vorilhon). Hence, Raël + -ism. Raël derives from Israel.

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