Fabian

Fabian
a) Pertaining to or reminiscent of Roman general , 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.

Hood complained behind his commanders back to Richmond of Johnstons Fabian strategy.

b) 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.
2. noun
a) A fabian socialist, a gradualist socialist; a member of the Fabian Society.
b) borne by an early pope. Rare in English.
See Also: fabian, Fabianism

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