Meanings
- uncountablegovernmentThe utopian socialist philosophy of Robert Owen.
When Owenism and Chartism had burned themselves out, England had become poorer by that substance out of which the Anglo-Saxon ideal of a free society could have been built up for centuries to come.
1957 [1944], Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation, Beacon Press: Boston, page 1671 more example
Owen, who became the manager of the enterprise 200 years ago, adopted the principles of the social market, so pivotal to the social democracy of today. ‘Owenism’ provided the country's first nursery, schooling for workers' children long before it was compulsory, welfare benefits and, most significantly, higher education in the form of an Institute for the Formation of Character.
1990 August 8, Peter Hetherington, “The lament of the Clyde”, in The Guardian
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Catalan owenisme
- owenismeOwenism
Danish owenisme
- owenismeOwenism
Esperanto ovenismo
- ovenismoOwenism
French owénisme, owenisme
- owénismeOwenism
- owenismeOwenism
German Owenismus
- OwenismusOwenism
Indonesian owenisme
- owenismeOwenism
Italian owenismo
- owenismoOwenism
Norwegian Bokmål owenisme
- owenismeOwenism
Portuguese owenismo
- owenismoOwenism
Spanish owenismo
- owenismoOwenism
Swedish owenism
- owenismOwenism
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Owenism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Owenism
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