Associations to the word «Fabian»
Noun
Wiktionary
FABIAN, adjective. Pertaining to or reminiscent of Roman general Fabius Maximus, whose tactics against Hannibal during the Second Punic War famously consisted of delaying or avoiding combat, focusing instead on weakening the enemy by cutting off supply lines.
FABIAN, adjective. Advocating that social reforms be reached through a series of gradual and moderate stages rather than sudden revolution; specifically, relating to the Fabian Society, a British socialist society advocating reformist socialism.
FABIAN, adjective. (by extension) cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest.
FABIAN, noun. A Fabian socialist, a gradualist socialist; a member of the Fabian Society.
FABIAN, proper noun. A male given name borne by an early pope. Rare in English.
Dictionary definition
FABIAN, noun. A member of the Fabian Society in Britain.
FABIAN, adjective. Of or relating to Fabianism; "the Fabian society".
FABIAN, adjective. Using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation; "a fabian policy".
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.