Oneida Community

American  

noun

1. a society of religious perfectionists established by John Humphrey Noyes, in 1848 at Oneida, N.Y., on the theory that sin can be eliminated through social reform: dissolved and reorganized in 1881 as a joint-stock company.

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Example Sentences

You begin with John Humphrey Noyes, founder of the Oneida Community, a utopian religious group in the mid-19th century.

From Salon • May 26, 2025

He was also a former member of a New York utopian colony, the Oneida Community.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2023

Individuals who wanted to join the Oneida Community underwent a tough screening process to weed out those who had not reached a state of perfection, which Noyes believed promoted self- control, not out-of-control behavior.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

“We still do it the old-fashioned way,” said Paul E. Gebhardt, Oneida’s senior vice president of design, who is also the great-great-grandson of John Humphrey Noyes, the founder of the Oneida Community.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2012

Out of money, Charles borrowed from his father and his sister and futilely tried to sue the Oneida Community for money he said they owed him.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow