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Fabianism

Fabianism noun: the implementation of social reform through a series of gradual and moderate stages rather than sudden revolution.

Noun

Fabianism (uncountable)

  1. 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

Origin of Fabianism

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

Questions about Fabianism

What does Fabianism mean?
Fabianism means the implementation of social reform through a series of gradual and moderate stages rather than sudden revolution.
What part of speech is Fabianism?
Fabianism is a noun.

Words near Fabianism in the dictionary

  1. fabes con amasueles
  2. fabesetron
  3. fabest
  4. Fabia
  5. fabian
  6. Fabianism
  7. Fabianist
  8. Fabianists
  9. fabianite
  10. Fabians
  11. fabid

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