slovo | definícia |
fabian (encz) | fabian,fabiánský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fabian (encz) | fabian,váhavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fabian (encz) | Fabian,Fabian n: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
fabian (czen) | Fabian,Fabiann: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Fabian (gcide) | Fabian \Fa"bi*an\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the Roman gens Fabia.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. Designating, or pertaining to, a society of socialists,
organized in England in 1884 to spread socialistic
principles gradually without violent agitation.
The Fabian Society proposes then to conquer by
delay; to carry its programme, not by a hasty rush,
but through the slower, but, as it thinks, surer
methods of patient discussion, exposition, and
political action. --William
Clarke.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Fabian (gcide) | Fabian \Fa"bi*an\, n.
A member of, or sympathizer with, the Fabian Society.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Fabian (gcide) | Fabian \Fa"bi*an\, a. [L. Fabianus, Fabius, belonging to
Fabius.]
Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general,
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory;
avoiding a decisive contest.
[1913 Webster]
Fabian policy, a policy like that of Fabius Maximus, who,
by carefully avoiding decisive contests, foiled Hannibal,
harassing his army by marches, countermarches, and
ambuscades; a policy of delays and cautions.
[1913 Webster] |
fabian (wn) | Fabian
adj 1: of or relating to Fabianism; "the Fabian society"
2: using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition;
avoiding direct confrontation; "a fabian policy"
n 1: a member of the Fabian Society in Britain |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
fabian (encz) | fabian,fabiánský adj: Zdeněk Brožfabian,váhavý adj: Zdeněk BrožFabian,Fabian n: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
fabian (czen) | Fabian,Fabiann: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Fabian policy (gcide) | Fabian \Fa"bi*an\, a. [L. Fabianus, Fabius, belonging to
Fabius.]
Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general,
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory;
avoiding a decisive contest.
[1913 Webster]
Fabian policy, a policy like that of Fabius Maximus, who,
by carefully avoiding decisive contests, foiled Hannibal,
harassing his army by marches, countermarches, and
ambuscades; a policy of delays and cautions.
[1913 Webster] |
Fabiana (gcide) | Fabiana \Fabiana\ n.
a genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen
shrubs.
Syn: genus Fabiana.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Fabianism (gcide) | Fabianism \Fabianism\ n.
the principles and beliefs of or similar to those of the
Fabian Society, advocating socialism to be established by
gradual reforms within the law. [British]
[WordNet 1.5] |
fabian (wn) | Fabian
adj 1: of or relating to Fabianism; "the Fabian society"
2: using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition;
avoiding direct confrontation; "a fabian policy"
n 1: a member of the Fabian Society in Britain |
fabian society (wn) | Fabian Society
n 1: an association of British socialists who advocate gradual
reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism |
fabiana (wn) | Fabiana
n 1: genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen
shrubs [syn: Fabiana, genus Fabiana] |
fabiana imbricata (wn) | Fabiana imbricata
n 1: Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers;
leaves yield a tonic and diuretic [syn: pichi, {Fabiana
imbricata}] |
fabianism (wn) | Fabianism
n 1: socialism to be established by gradual reforms within the
law |
genus fabiana (wn) | genus Fabiana
n 1: genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen
shrubs [syn: Fabiana, genus Fabiana] |
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