Fourierism
noun
Fourierism is a noun meaning “The cooperative socialistic system of Charles Fourier, a Frenchman, who recommended the reorganization of society into small communities, living in…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-U-R-I-E-R-I-S-M, and it appears about once in every 71 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Fourierism mean?
noun
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The cooperative socialistic system of Charles Fourier, a Frenchman, who recommended the reorganization of society into small communities, living in common.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Fourierism?
Fourierism appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fourierism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cooperative socialistic system:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fouriérisme |
| Portuguese | fourierismo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Fourierism come from?
From French fouriérisme, or by surface analysis, Fourier + -ism, named after French philosopher Charles Fourier (1772–1837).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).