Fabian Society

American  

noun

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

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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

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Example Sentences

In 1960, she became General Secretary of the Fabian Society, the intellectual socialist movement, a post she held until her eventual election as MP for Hitchin in 1964.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2021

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

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

To make my meaning clearer, I will recall again the incident at the Fabian Society.

From Personality in Literature by Scott-James, Rolfe Arnold