Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - fabian
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Fabian
fabian
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, dilatory 2. the ~ 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 • ~ noun • ~ism noun
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n. & adj. --n. a member or supporter of the Fabian Society, an organization of socialists aiming at a gradual rather than revolutionary achievement of socialism. --adj. 1 relating to or characteristic of the Fabians. 2 employing a cautiously persistent and dilatory strategy to wear out an enemy (Fabian tactics). Derivatives Fabianism n. Fabianist n. Etymology: L Fabianus f. the name of Q. Fabius Maximus Cunctator (= delayer), Roman general of the 3rd c. BC, noted for cautious strategies ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. фабианец, член фабианского общества 2. относящийся к римскому роду Фабиев 3. свойственный Фабию Кунктатору (добивавшемуся победы выжидательной тактикой) 4. осторожный, медлительный; выжидательный (о тактике, методах) Fabian policy —- выжидательная политика, политика оттяжек 5. фабианский the Fabian Society —- Фабианское общество ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
1. adj. 1) осторожный, выжидательный (о политике, стратегии, тактике) 2) фабианский 2. noun фабианец ...Англо-русский словарь
4.
~ adj only before noun connected with, or based on, the ideas of a British political group that has socialist2 ideas and aims - Fabian n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
5.
- "socialist," from Fabian Society, founded in Britain 1884, named for Quintus Fabius Maximus (surnamed Cunctator "the Delayer"), the cautious tactician who opposed Hannibal in the Second Punic War. The Fabians sought to draw a distinction between their slow-going tactics and those of anarchists and communists. The Latin name is possibly from faba "a bean." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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