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Fou·ri·er·ism 
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| the social system proposed by François Marie Charles Fourier, under which society was to be organized into phalanxes or associations, each large enough for all industrial and social requirements. |
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Fourierism
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n. A system for social reform advocated by Charles Fourier in the early 19th century, proposing that society be organized into small self-sustaining communal groups. Fou'ri·er·ist, Fou'ri·er·ite' (-ə-rīt') n. |
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Fourierism
1841, in ref. to ideas of Fr. socialist François-Marie-Charles Fourier (1772-1837), whose plan also was called phalansterianism.
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Fourierism
Fou"ri*er*ism\, n. The co["o]perative socialistic system of Charles Fourier, a Frenchman, who recommended the reorganization of society into small communities, living in common.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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