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fabian

Main Entry:: Fa·bi·an
Pronunciation:: \ˈfā-bē-ən\
Function:: adjective
Date:: 1638

1 a: of, relating to, or in the manner of the Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus known for his defeat of Hannibal in the Second Punic War by the avoidance of decisive contests b: cautious, dilatory2[the Fabian Society; from the members' belief in slow rather than revolutionary change in government] : of, relating to, or being a society of socialists organized in England in 1884 to spread socialist principles gradually

— Fabian noun

— Fa·bi·an·ism

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\-ə-ˌni-zəm\ noun

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