FABIAN
\fˈabi͡ən], \fˈabiən], \f_ˈa_b_iə_n]\
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using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation; "a fabian policy"
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a member of the Fabian Society in Britain
By Princeton University
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using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation; "a fabian policy"
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a member of the Fabian Society in Britain
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest.
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A member of, or sympathizer with, the Fabian Society.
By Oddity Software
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Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest.
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A member of, or sympathizer with, the Society.
By Noah Webster.
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Delaying; dilatory; avoiding battle, in imitation of Q. Fabius Maximus, a Roman general, who conducted military operations against Hannibal, by declining to risk a battle in the open field, but harassing the enemy by marches, countermarches and ambuscades. "Met by the Fabian tactics, which proved fatal to its predecessors."-London Times.
By Daniel Lyons
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