Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of the socialistic association, community, or organization called by Fourier a phalanx; hence, a Fourierite.
- Pertaining to a community or association called a phalanx, or to the building or buildings occupied by such a community; hence, Fourieristic: as, phalansterian associations or doctrines.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who favors the system of phalansteries proposed by Fourier.
- adjective Of or pertaining to phalansterianism.
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- noun One who favours the
system ofphalansteries proposed by Charles Fourier.
Etymologies
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Examples
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True, he did not have occasion to perambulate what he would doubtless have called the 'phalansterian' streets of new South Wimbledon.
With Zola in England Vizetelly, Ernest A 1899
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Nothing in the way of a terrace house would suit; for M. Zola was not yet a phalansterian.
With Zola in England Vizetelly, Ernest A 1899
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I once asked an intelligent phalansterian what he thought of such physics.
What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government. 1890
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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.
What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government. 1890
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No, sir; no one yet knows of the foolishness and infamy which the phalansterian system contains.
What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government. 1890
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The absurdity of the phalansterian economy is so gross, that many people suspect Fourier, in spite of all the homage paid by him to proprietors, of having been a secret enemy of property.
What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government. 1890
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If ever sectarians had the right to reproach another for changes in his beliefs, this right certainly does not belong to the disciples of Fourier, who are always so eager to administer the phalansterian baptism to the deserters of all parties.
What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government. 1890
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M. Reybaud speaks here like a writer of the phalansterian school ....
System of Economical Contradictions: or, the Philosophy of Misery 1888
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Now, the phalansterian does not ask whether the share of the capitalist should or should not be equal to the laborer's; he wishes to know simply whether he is to have a share.
System of Economical Contradictions: or, the Philosophy of Misery 1888
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Once again, the phalansterian does not dispute as to quan-tity, but as to right.
System of Economical Contradictions: or, the Philosophy of Misery 1888
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