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Fabianism en · NOUN

Etymology

From Fabian + -ism, after the Fabian Society, named in honour of the Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The implementation of social reform through a series of gradual and moderate stages rather than sudden revolution.
    • These are not Socialism; they are only reforms. Mere parlor Socialism, such as Fabianism, for example, is also of no vital interest to the masses. 1929, Alexander Berkman, chapter 13, in Now and After: The ABC of Communist Anarchism, New York: Vanguard Press, →OCLC:

wikipedia: Fabian Society · wikipedia: Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus