phal·an·ster·y (f l  n-st r  )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 monast rium; see monastery).]phal an·steri·an (-stîr-n) adj. & n.phal an·steri·an·ism n. |
phalanstery [ˈfælənstərɪ -strɪ]
n pl -steries
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Fourierism)
a. buildings occupied by a phalanx
b. a community represented by a phalanx
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any similar association or the buildings occupied by such an association
[from French phalanstère, from phalange phalanx, on the model of monastère monastery]
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.
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