ONEIDA COMMUNITY
\wˈɒnɪdə kəmjˈuːnɪtˌi], \wˈɒnɪdə kəmjˈuːnɪtˌi], \w_ˈɒ_n_ɪ_d_ə k_ə_m_j_ˈuː_n_ɪ_t_ˌi]\
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A communistic settlement at Oneida, N. Y., founded in 1848 by John Humphrey Noyes, of Vermont. They call themselves Perfectionists. They possess property in common, believe in the faith cure, and permit freedom of sexual intercourse within the limits of the community, which practice they deem less conducive to selfishness than the ordinary relationship of man and wife.
By John Franklin Jameson
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.
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