Owenism

English Etymology From en Owen ism. Noun - en politics The utopian socialist philosophy of Robert Owen. 167 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. en http://www.theguardian.com/society/1990/aug/08/guardiansocietysupplement The lament of the Clyde 1990-08-08 Peter Hetherington The Guardian 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20261020135720/https://www.theguardian.com/society/1990/aug/08/guardiansocietysupplement 20 October 2026 Related terms en Owenian Owenist Owenite Translations Owenism Catalan: ca owenisme m Danish: da owenisme c Esperanto: eo ovenismo French: fr owénisme m, fr owenisme m German: de Owenismus m Indonesian: id owenisme Italian: it owenismo m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb owenisme m Nynorsk: nn owenisme m Portuguese: pt owenismo m Spanish: es owenismo m Swedish: sv owenism c Anagrams en eimnosw winsome en eponyms