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phalanstery
[fal-uhn-ster-ee]
noun
plural
phalansteries(in Fourierism)
the buildings occupied by a phalanx.
the community itself.
any similar association, or the buildings they occupy.
phalanstery
/ ˈfælənstərɪ, -strɪ /
noun
buildings occupied by a phalanx
a community represented by a phalanx
any similar association or the buildings occupied by such an association
Word History and Origins
Origin of phalanstery1
Word History and Origins
Origin of phalanstery1
Example Sentences
The advantages afforded by consumption in common, or the combination of use, have been enthusiastically dwelt upon by Fourier, and the organization of his phalansteries is based essentially on that principle.
Brother Eustace, physiologist to the phalanstery, looked very grave and sad indeed as he passed from the Mothers' Room into the Conversazione in search of the hierarch.
Fourier's phalanstery, on the other hand, was to be a central palace with two wings.
Proudhon had only contempt for the phalanstery and national workshop of his predecessors.
Still we are dead against your phalansteries and his love saloons.
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