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Southey, who had come under the influence of Rousseau, was initiated by Coleridge into Godwin's theories, and in their utopian enthusiasm they formed the design of founding a "pantisocratic" settlement in America, to show how happiness could be realised in a social environment in which duty and interest coincide and consequently all are virtuous.

—The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth

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Of or pertaining to pantisocracy: as, pantisocratic scheme.

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Southey, who had come under the influence of Rousseau, was initiated by Coleridge into Godwin's theories, and in their utopian enthusiasm they formed the design of founding a "pantisocratic" settlement in America, to show how happiness could be realised in a social environment in which duty and interest coincide and consequently all are virtuous. — The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth
Delaware, to found millennial societies and pantisocratic unions. — Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 4: Joseph de Maistre
Gynaecocoenic and pantisocratic. — The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 1