phalanstery noun. ['falanst(ǝ)ri] Also in French form phalanstère [falstɛ:r] (pl. same). M19.
[French phalanstère, from PHALANX + mona)stère formed as MONASTERY.]
A building or set of buildings occupied by a Fourierist phalanx; a Fourierist phalanx; gen. any voluntary community; a place where such a community lives.

■ phalan'sterian adjective & noun (a) adjective of or pertaining to a phalanstery or the system of phalansteries; (b) noun a member of a phalanstery; an advocate of phalansteries, a Fourierist: M19.

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