Noun: phalanstery 'fa-lun,ste-ree [N. Amer], fa-luns-t(u-)ree [Brit]
- A community organized on principles proposed by French social theorist Charles Fourier, emphasizing communal living and shared property
"The idealists attempted to create a utopian society by establishing a phalanstery"
Derived forms: phalansteries
Encyclopedia: Phalanstery