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FABIANISM

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Fa⋅bi⋅an⋅ism

  [fey-bee-uh-niz-uhm]
–noun
the theories of economic and social reform advocated by the Fabian Society.
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Origin:
1885–90; fabian + -ism
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Fa·bi·an   (fā'bē-ən)   
adj.  

    1. Of or relating to the caution and avoidance of direct confrontation typical of the Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus.

    2. Cautious or dilatory, as in taking action.

  2. Of, relating to, or being a member of the Fabian Society, which was committed to gradual rather than revolutionary means for spreading socialist principles.


[Latin Fabiānus, after Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus.]
Fa'bi·an n., Fa'bi·an·ism n., Fa'bi·an·ist n.
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