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phalansterian

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phal⋅an⋅ste⋅ri⋅an

  [fal-uhn-steer-ee-uhn]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to a phalanstery.
2. of or pertaining to phalansterianism.
–noun
3. a member of a phalanstery.
4. an advocate of phalansterianism; a Fourierist.
Origin:
1835–45; phalanstery + -an
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phal·an·ster·y   (fāl'ən-stěr'ē)   
n.   pl. phal·an·ster·ies

    1. A self-sustaining cooperative community of the followers of Fourierism. Also called phalanx.

    2. The buildings in such a community.

  2. An association resembling a Fourierist phalanstery.


[French phalanstère : phalange, phalanx (from Latin phalanx, phalang-; see phalanx) + (mona)stère, monastery (from Late Latin monastērium; see monastery).]
phal'an·ste'ri·an (-stîr'ē-ən) adj. & n., phal'an·ste'ri·an·ism n.
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