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Fourierism

Fourierism noun: the cooperative socialistic system of Charles Fourier, a Frenchman, who recommended the reorganization of society into small communities, living in common.

Noun

Fourierism (uncountable)

  1. The cooperative socialistic system of Charles Fourier, a Frenchman, who recommended the reorganization of society into small communities, living in common.
    • Millard’s sketch happened to look a lot like the master plan of Fourierism, one of the most popular secular utopian movements in American history. In the early 1800s, Charles Fourier, a Frenchman, proposed, in a series of jargon-filled writings, a self-sufficient community model called a “phalanx.”2009 April 16, Jon Mooallem, “The End Is Near! (Yay!)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    phalansterism

Synonyms of Fourierism

Origin of Fourierism

From French fouriérisme, or by surface analysis, Fourier + -ism, named after French philosopher Charles Fourier (1772–1837).

Questions about Fourierism

What does Fourierism mean?
Fourierism means the cooperative socialistic system of Charles Fourier, a Frenchman, who recommended the reorganization of society into small communities, living in common.
What part of speech is Fourierism?
Fourierism is a noun.

Words near Fourierism in the dictionary

  1. Fourier transform
  2. Fourier transforms
  3. Fourier-Mukai transform
  4. Fourier-Mukai transforms
  5. Fourierian
  6. Fourierism
  7. Fourierist
  8. Fourieristic
  9. Fourierists
  10. Fourierite
  11. Fourierites

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