Fabian
pronunciation
How to pronounce Fabian in British English:
UK ['feibiən]
How to pronounce Fabian in American English:
US [ˈfebiən]
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- Adjective:
- using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation
Word Origin
- Fabian (n.)
- "socialist," 1884, 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 chose the name to draw a distinction between their slow-going tactics and those of anarchists and communists. The Latin gens name possibly is from faba "a bean."
Example
- 1. These are the remnants of india 's fabian nightmare .
- 2. In his recent keir hardie lecture ( named after labour 's first leader ) david miliband evoked his party 's pre-war tradition of mutual guilds and moral seriousness , rather than the mix of fabian statism and cultural relativism that has prevailed since .
- 3. Fellowship members included poets edward carpenter and john davidson , sexologist havelock ellis and future fabian secretary edward r.
- 4. Fabian zuleeg , chief economist at the european policy center in brussels , says the united states is right to get involved .
- 5. The democrat leader of california 's state house , fabian nunez , also decried the loss of the two members of the board .