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noun
The implementation of social reform through a series of gradual and moderate stages rather than sudden revolution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
socialism to be established by gradual reforms within the law
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: socialism
History
From Fabian + -ism, after the Fabian Society, named in honour of the Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus.
