Fabian Society

American  

noun

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

---

Fabian Society British  

noun

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

---

Example Sentences

Her father, the political philosopher Sir George Catlin, became a leading figure in the Fabian Society and twice stood for parliament as a Labour candidate.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2021

The group consists of well-known, well-established groups such the Labour-affiliated Fabian Society and the Institute of Public Policy Research, which labels itself "the UK's leading progressive think tank".

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2021

During her eventful life, Nesbit wrote dozens of books, raised four kids and helped found the socialist Fabian Society, but her enduring influence, this biography argues, is as a pioneer of witty, naturalistic children’s classics.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2019

This is from Sunder Katwala, the former general secretary of the Labour thinktank, the Fabian Society.

From The Guardian • Sep. 12, 2015

He would have cared quite as little for the fugitive explanations of the Fabian Society or of the modern scientific Socialist.

From Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)