Cabet

American  

[ka-be] / kaˈbɛ /

noun

1. Étienne 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.

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Example Sentences

Deeply scarred by the 1930s Depression, politicians, labor leaders and intellectuals adopted the slogan of 19th century French Utopian Socialist Etienne Cabet: "Nothing is impossible for a government that wants the good of its citizens."

From Time Magazine Archive

The original Icarian Community, founded by Cabet at Nauvoo, not only tolerated but required marriage; and as it soon came to an end, its fate helps the anti-marriage theory.

From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey

I am sure the third person, namely, Cabet, was "puerile"; but I do not think I could read Aurora Leigh again, even to make sure of the distribution of the other epithets.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

Cabet now hastened to France, and on appeal obtained reversion of his sentence in 1851.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

The leading exponents of this Communism of the workers were Wilhelm Weitling, in Germany, and Étienne Cabet, in France.

From Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles by Spargo, John