Owenite
- a word derived from Owenism.
Example Sentences
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Hard by is the college's Glen Helen, a hilly, 1,000 acre forest tract where a century ago lived a Communistic or Owenite colony.
From Time Magazine Archive
There were Owenite communities in the 1820s, Fourier phalanges in the 1840s, spiritualist communes in the 1850s.
From Time Magazine Archive
In New York, also, the situation became complicated by factional strife between the Skidmorian "agrarians," the Owenite state guardianship faction, and a third faction which eschewed either "panacea."
From A History of Trade Unionism in the United States by Perlman, Selig
Owen's teachings were well received, and Owenite communities were founded in many places in the West and in New York, only to end in failure.
From A Brief History of the United States by McMaster, John Bach
And I wish it ended in talk, but----" "But I believe you're turning Owenite.
From Eric by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)
