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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as phalansterian.

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  • Fezandié as an active and sympathetic ex-Fourierist (I think there were only ex-Fourierists by that time,) who was embarking, not far from us, on an experiment if not absolutely phalansteric at least inspired, or at any rate enriched, by a bold idealism.

    A Small Boy and Others Henry James 1879

  • I like to think of the Institution as all but phalansteric -- it so corrects any fear that such places might be dreary.

    A Small Boy and Others Henry James 1879

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