Fourierism

[ foor-ee-uh-riz-uhm ]

noun

1. the social system proposed by François Marie Charles Fourier, under which society was to be organized into phalanxes or associations, each large enough for all industrial and social requirements.

Fourierism

/ ˈfʊərɪəˌraɪt; ˈfʊərɪəˌrɪzəm /

noun

1. the system of Charles Fourier under which society was to be organized into self-sufficient cooperatives

Derived Forms

• ˌFourierˈistic, adjective
• ˈFourierist, nounadjective

Other Words From

• Fouri·er·ist Fou·ri·er·ite [foor, -ee-, uh, -rahyt], noun
• Fouri·er·istic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Fourierism¹

From the French word fouriérisme, dating back to 1835–45. See Fourier, -ism

Example Sentences

The elaborate schemes which have been propounded in attempts to solve the much-vexed riddle how best and most effectually to ameliorate the condition of the working-classes—such as Owenism, Fourierism, and such like—have had their inception in the minds of philanthropists outside and above our circle.

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Fourierism not welcomed by transcendentalists, 156.

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Mr. Albert Brisbane's attempt to domesticate Fourierism among us was cordially considered, but not cordially welcomed.

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Similar passages, especially a censure of the pruriency of Fourierism, occur in essays which were probably written some years earlier, but were not published until after his death.

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The principal of these is Fourierism, a system which, if only as a specimen of intellectual ingenuity, is highly worthy of the attention of any student, either of society or of the human mind.

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