Perfectionist

Japanese: 完全主義者 - かんぜんしゅぎしゃ
Perfectionist

...A community founded in Oneida, central New York, in 1848 by John H. Noyes (1811-1886), a religious believer who believed he had attained perfection through the Second Coming of Christ. It attracted about 300 followers (called Perfectionists), promoted self-governance by renouncing self-interest and mutual criticism, and its schools and products were highly acclaimed. However, its free-love system of "mixed marriages" drew fierce criticism, and in 1879 it finally adopted monogamy, and the community was then reorganized into a corporation, effectively disappearing. ...

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Japanese:

…キリスト再臨により完全な自己を得たと信じる宗教家のノイズJohn H.Noyes(1811‐86)が,1848年,ニューヨーク州中部のオナイダに建設した共同生活体。約300人の信者(完全主義者perfectionistsと呼ばれる)を集め,利己心の放棄や相互批判によって自治を推進,その学校や生産品の世評も高かった。だがそのフリー・ラブ的な〈複合結婚〉制度が激しい非難を招き,79年,ついに一夫一婦制を採用,ついでコミュニティは株式会社に改組されて,事実上消滅した。…

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