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

Cabet pictured in his volume an ideal society where plenty should be a substitute for poverty and equality a remedy for class egoism.

From Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making by Orth, Samuel Peter

The remainder followed Cabet to the deserted Mormon town of Nauvoo, Illinois, where vacant houses offered immediate shelter and where they enjoyed an interval of prosperity.

From Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making by Orth, Samuel Peter

Cabet chose exile, and took up his residence in England, where he fell under the influence of Owen's agitation and became a convert to his Socialistic views.

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

The chiefs of the Cabet, St. Simon, Lébout, Carac, Tuvir, and five others, whose names I must not mention now, have drawn their followers together to act under the orders of the secret council.

From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 by Various