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

When the clamor rose for a practical test of the theories set forth so alluringly, Cabet visited Robert Owen in England and sought advice as to the best site for such an experiment.

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

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

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.

"There's a French element there, the remnants of the Icarians—a colony of Communists under Cabet," the doctor explained.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 by Various