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- noun A follower of Robert Owen (1771–1858),
Welsh social reformer and one of the founders ofutopian socialism .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The best example of what I call Owenite co-operation on harmony has come from the Conservative Assembly Member for Cardiff North, Jonathon Morgan.
Tories making the best of it. Glyn Davies 2008
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The letter in which the term is first used is signed "A Socialist," and it is quite evident that the writer uses it as a synonym for the commonly used term "Owenite," by which the disciples of Robert Owen were known.
Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles John Spargo 1921
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In the period after the merger an Owenite grouping ended up being welcomed into the Tory party by Chris Patten; others were to make their way into New Labour.
Charles Kennedy: Why I couldn't support Clegg's deal with the Tories Charles Kennedy 2010
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In 1835, she married William Ella Rose, a jeweler and fellow Owenite, and the following year the couple settled in New York.
Ernestine Rose. 2009
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In an article in which he highlights the feasibility of the Owenite and other communal schemes, Engels writes: “For communism, social existence and activity based on community of goods is not only possible but has actually been realised in many communities in America and in one place in England with the greatest success.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Evil of Leon Trotsky Revisited 2009
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Note 11: For more on the split between the Owenite and Cookite factions during the summer of 1830, see
Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840 2006
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With Skidmore out of the way, the Owenite and Cookite factions continued a power struggle for control and the name of the Working Men's Party throughout the rest of 1830 and into 1831.
Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840 2006
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The conflict over education revealed that the issue of religion and worker morality lurked in the background of the divide between the Owenite and Cookite factions.
Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840 2006
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His "liberalism" is not instinctive; he started out as an Owenite SDP councillor.
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Similar anecdotes appeared throughout the period to warn fathers of the dangers of the irreligious Owenite faction.
Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840 2006
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