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phal·an·ster·y

P0232800 (făl′ən-stĕr′ē)n. pl. phal·an·ster·ies 1. a. A self-sustaining cooperative community of the followers of Fourierism. Also called phalanx.b. 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.

phalanstery

(ˈfælənstərɪ; -strɪ) n, pl -steries1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Fourierism)a. buildings occupied by a phalanxb. a community represented by a phalanx2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any similar association or the buildings occupied by such an association[C19: from French phalanstère, from phalange phalanx, on the model of monastère monastery]

phal•an•ster•y

(ˈfæl ənˌstɛr i)

n., pl. -ster•ies. 1. (in Fourierism) a. the buildings occupied by a phalanx. b. the community itself. 2. any similar association, or the buildings they occupy. [1840–50; < French phalanstère,b. phalange phalanx and monastère monastery] phal`an•ster′i•an, adj., n. phal`an•ster′i•an•ism, n.

Phalanstery

 a group or association of people or persons, especially those following the plan of Fourierism of socialist groups of 1800; people living together as one family.Example: phalanstery of all the fiends, 1850.