Fourierism


Fou·ri·er·ism

F0282400 (fo͝or′ē-ə-rĭz′əm)n. A system for social reform advocated by Charles Fourier in the early 1800s, proposing that society be organized into self-sustaining communal groups.
Fou′ri·er·ist, Fou′ri·er·ite′ (-ə-rīt′) n.

Fourierism

(ˈfʊərɪəˌrɪzəm) n (Sociology) the system of Charles Fourier under which society was to be organized into self-sufficient cooperatives ˈFourierist, Fourierite n, adj ˌFourierˈistic adj

Fou•ri•er•ism

(ˈfʊər i əˌrɪz əm)

n. the social system proposed by François Marie Charles Fourier under which society was to be organized into self-sufficient phalanxes large enough for all industrial and social requirements. [1835–45; < French fouriérisme] Fou′ri•er•ist, Fou′ri•er•ite` (-əˌraɪt) n.

Fourierism

a utopian social reform, planned by the French social scientist F.M. Charles Fourier, that organized groups into cooperative units called phalansteries, as Brook Farm. Also called phalansterianism. — Fourierist, Fourierite, n.See also: Communalism