icarianism

Etymology

From Icarian + -ism.

icarianism means A form of communistic utopianism of the late 19th century, established by the followers of Étienne Cabet. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why “icarianism” is a great word

ICARIANISM — [Noun] A doctrine advocating for a peaceful, egalitarian, and communistic society, as envisioned by Étienne Cabet in his utopian novel ‘Voyage en Icarie’. From Icarian (pertaining to Cabet's fictional land 'Icaria' or his followers) + the suffix -ism (denoting a system or doctrine); first attested in English in 1883. Unlike Marxism, grounded in revolutionary class struggle, or Fourierism, which sought to harmonize human passions in a phalanstery, Icarianism is an ascetic, centralized dream of republican virtue and Christian brotherhood. It is the scent of bread from a communal oven, the orderly geometry of identical cottages, and the quiet hum of a print shop producing pamphlets for a perfect world that never arrives—a faith that heaven could be drafted with a ruler before the wax gave way.

noun

A form of communistic utopianism of the late 19th century, established by the followers of Étienne Cabet.