transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfā-bē-ən ]
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 Fabian 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
• Fabian noun
• Fa·bi·an·ism -ə-ˌni-zəm noun