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Owenian, a.|əʊˈiːnɪən|
[f. surname Owen + -ian.]
Of or pertaining to Robert Owen (1771–1858), a social reformer who advocated the reorganization of society on a system of communistic co-operation, which he endeavoured to carry into practice in various industrial communities. So Owenism |ˈəʊɪnɪz(ə)m|, the theory or system of Owen; ˈOwenist, an adherent of Owenism; also attrib.; Owenite |ˈəʊɪnaɪt|, a follower of Owen; also attrib.; ˈOwenize v. trans., to bring under the influence of the system of Owen; to convert to Owenism.
1829Southey Sir Thomas More I. vi. 144 But wherefore do you think that the Owenite scheme is likely to be carried into effect only by sectarian agency? 1830Mechanic's Press (Utica, N.Y.) 10 June 254/2 What a precious compound of almost all that is unprincipled, is here presented:—Agrarianism, Owenism. 1831E. G. Wakefield Householders in Danger from Populace 9/2 The desperadoes..may be divided into two classes, which I shall designate as Huntites and Owenites. Ibid. 10/1 The Owenites..are bent on the overthrow of all existing laws. 1833J. S. Mill in Tait's Edin. Mag. III. 352 This doctrine..might easily have misled a less expanded mind..into the vagaries of Spenceanism and Owenism. 1833Edin. Rev. LVI. 484 It is folly to expect that the whole nature of the problem is to be changed by the perfectibility of Owenised man. 1836‘Bronterre’ tr. Buonarroti's Hist. Babeuf's Conspiracy ii. 363 My readers of the Owenite or co-operative school will be forcibly reminded..of the many doubts..addressed to Robert Owen, touching the posssibility of reducing his system to practice. 1843Mill Logic II. vi. ii. 485 If the Owenite stops here, he is in a position from which nothing can expel him. 1848Mrs. Gaskell Mary Barton xxxvii, You mean he was an Owenite; all for equality and community of goods. 1870Athenæum 5 Feb. 187 That Owenism and Fourierism failed to accomplish their ends in the Old World the socialists allow. Ibid., Glancing at the list of the Owenist associations, we see that the Forrestville community (Indiana)..died in its second year..and that New Harmony..came to an end in its third year. 1880T. Frost Forty Yrs'. Recoll. 14, I..knew nothing of the Owenian ethics and social economy. 1919M. Beer Hist. Brit. Socialism I. ii. ii. 131 George Mudie, an Owenite and journalist. 1950G. B. Shaw Farfetched Fables Pref. 81, I am not stigmatizing all Owenites, Marxists, and Darwinists as immoral. 1956W. H. G. Armytage in D. L. Linton Sheffield 205 This was an Owenite centre (Robert Owen had first visited the town on 30 December 1833), where a considerable amount of adult education was undertaken. 1975V. Cunningham Everywhere spoken Against vii. 186 William Taunton..was a physical-force Chartist, an Owenite Socialist, manager of Coventry's first Co-operative Store. |
