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phalansterianism

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phal⋅an⋅ste⋅ri⋅an⋅ism

  [fal-uhn-steer-ee-uh-niz-uhm]
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–noun
a system by which society would be reorganized into units comprising their own social and industrial elements; Fourierism.
Origin:
1840–50; phalansterian + -ism
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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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