Relating to a slow, cautious strategy that avoids direct confrontation, or relating to the Fabian Society (a socialist organization).
From Fabius Maximus, a Roman general who used delaying tactics against Hannibal in the Second Punic War (218-201 BC). The English adjective 'Fabian' was popularized in the late 1800s when the Fabian Society adopted the name to describe their gradual approach to social reform.
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