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Fabian Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fabian? [n] a member of the Fabian Society in Britain [adj] using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation; "a fabian policy" [adj] of or relating to Fabianism; "the Fabian society" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fabian: cautious \| dilatory Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fabian: collectivist \| collectivistic \| corrective \| emendatory \| extremist \| Fabian socialist \| Fourierist \| Fourieristic \| gradualistic \| Marxist \| meliorist \| melioristic \| Owenite \| phalansterian \| progressionist \| progressist \| progressive \| progressivist \| radical \| reformational \| reformative \| reformatory \| reformer \| reformist \| reformistic \| revisional \| revisionist \| revisory \| revolutionary \| Saint-Simonian \| socialist \| socialistic \| state socialist \| utopian \| utopian socialist \| utopist See Also \| Fabian Society \| socialist Fabian In Webster's Dictionary \Fa"bian\, a. [L. Fabianus, Fabius, belonging to Fabius.] Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest. {Fabian policy}, a policy like that of Fabius Maximus, who, by carefully avoiding decisive contests, foiled Hannibal, harassing his army by marches, countermarches, and ambuscades; a policy of delays and cautions. \Fa"bian\, n. A member of, or sympathizer with, the Fabian Society. \Fa"bi*an\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Roman gens Fabia. 2. Designating, or pertaining to, a society of socialists, organized in England in 1884 to spread socialistic principles gradually without violent agitation. The Fabian Society proposes then to conquer by delay; to carry its programme, not by a hasty rush, but through the slower, but, as it thinks, surer methods of patient discussion, exposition, and political action. --William Clarke.

Fabian Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fabian?

[n] a member of the Fabian Society in Britain
[adj] using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation; "a fabian policy"
[adj] of or relating to Fabianism; "the Fabian society"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fabian: cautious | dilatory

See Also | Fabian Society | socialist

Fabian In Webster's Dictionary

\Fa"bi*an\, a. [L. Fabianus, Fabius, belonging to
Fabius.]
Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general,
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory;
avoiding a decisive contest.

{Fabian policy}, a policy like that of Fabius Maximus, who,
   by carefully avoiding decisive contests, foiled Hannibal,
   harassing his army by marches, countermarches, and
   ambuscades; a policy of delays and cautions.


\Fa"bi*an\, n.
A member of, or sympathizer with, the Fabian Society.


\Fa"bi*an\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the Roman gens Fabia.

2. Designating, or pertaining to, a society of socialists,
   organized in England in 1884 to spread socialistic
   principles gradually without violent agitation.

         The Fabian Society proposes then to conquer by
         delay; to carry its programme, not by a hasty rush,
         but through the slower, but, as it thinks, surer
         methods of patient discussion, exposition, and
         political action.                     --William
                                               Clarke.

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