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say it: FAY-bee-uhn
fabian is an adjective and noun meaning "of or relating to Fabianism". It is pronounced /ˈfeɪbiən/ — FAY-bee-uhn. It carries 3 recorded senses.
of or relating to Fabianism
“the Fabian society”
using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation
“a fabian policy”
a member of the Fabian Society in Britain
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for fabian come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.