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Fabian

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adjective Fa·bi·an \ ˈfā-bē-ən \

Definition of Fabian

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, dilatory
2
[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
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Fabian

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Fabianism

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