Fabian Society

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noun

a socialist organization founded in England in 1884, favoring the gradual spread of socialism by peaceful means.

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How to use Fabian Society in a sentence

The Fabian Society, again, is a debating club of mixed socialism.
Contemporary Socialism|John Rae
He would have cared quite as little for the fugitive explanations of the Fabian Society or of the modern scientific Socialist.
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens|G. K. Chesterton
Thomas Davidson was the occasion rather than the cause of the founding of the Fabian Society.
The History of the Fabian Society|Edward R. Pease
Oxford, as we have seen, had a University Fabian Society from early days.
The History of the Fabian Society|Edward R. Pease

The Fabian Society had since its earliest days been conscious of the problem of unemployment; but it had done little to solve it.
The History of the Fabian Society|Edward R. Pease

British Dictionary definitions for Fabian Society

Fabian Society

noun

an association of British socialists advocating the establishment of democratic socialism by gradual reforms within the law: founded in 1884

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