phalansterian
Americanadjective
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of or relating to a phalanstery.
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of or relating to phalansterianism.
noun
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a member of a phalanstery.
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an advocate of phalansterianism; a Fourierist.
Etymology
Origin of phalansterian
First recorded in 1835–45; phalanstery + -an
Example Sentences
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If the above speech is not an exact epitome of Charles Fourier's system, I will subscribe to the whole phalansterian folly with a pen dipped in my own blood.
From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
I detest hedges, partitions and walls like a phalansterian.
From The Cross of Berny by Fendall, Florence
No, sir; no one yet knows of the foolishness and infamy which the phalansterian system contains.
From What is Property? by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
M. Reybaud speaks here like a writer of the phalansterian school.
From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)
Nothing in the way of a terrace house would suit; for M. Zola was not yet a phalansterian.
From With Zola in England by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
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