Fabianism

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Fabianism (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) The implementation of social reform through a series of gradual and moderate stages rather than sudden revolution.
    • 1929, Alexander Berkman, chapter 13, in Now and After: The ABC of Communist Anarchism, New York: Vanguard Press, →OCLC:
      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.
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