Fabianism
English edit
Etymology edit
Fabian + -ism, after the Fabian Society, named in honour of the Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus.
Noun edit
Fabianism (uncountable)
- (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.