单词 | oneida community |
释义 | Oneida Communityn. Now historical. A radical religious community founded in 1848 by John Humphrey Noyes (1811–86), American reformer, at Oneida, New York.Originally embracing utopian Christian belief, communal economics, and polygamous marriage, the community later abandoned its radical social and economic ideas and in 1881 became a joint-stock company engaged in various commercial industries. ΚΠ 1848 Let. 4 Feb. in G. W. Noyes John Humphrey Noyes (1931) 388 The original four-square nucleus of the Putney Community..will give tone to the Oneida Community. 1866 Rural Amer. (Utica, N.Y.) 1 Jan. 8/1 The branch of the Oneida Community at Wallingford..has published an account of its success in strawberry culture the last season. 1918 A. J. Todd Theories of Social Progress xvii. 392 Imagine Plato in the New York Stock Exchange or Pierpont Morgan in the Oneida Community. 1937 Life 26 July 3/2 (advt.) In the famous ‘Oneida Community’ they called monogamy ‘selfish love’ and every woman was the wife of every man. 1959 E. Webber Escape to Utopia xvii. 334 Critics pointed to the Oneida Community, where indiscriminate mating was a social affair and where, through the restraint practiced by the men, there were no unplanned babies. 1982 S. Strauss Traitors Masculine Cause iv. 115 The success of the Oneida Community, founded on sexual freedom, population control, and selective breeding, had a profound influence on English reformers, especially those seeking a solution to the explosive women's question. 1996 S. Hill Lindley You Have Stept Out of Your Place xvi. 260 In 1869, the Oneida Community began a new phase, an experiment in ‘scientific breeding’ they called ‘stirpiculture’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1848 |
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