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Fabian Society

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Fabian Society
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(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an association of British socialists advocating the establishment of democratic socialism by gradual reforms within the law: founded in 1884
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Noun1.Fabian Society - an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism
association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"
Fabian - a member of the Fabian Society in Britain
First Baron Passfield, Sidney James Webb, Sidney Webb, Webb - English sociologist and economist and a central member of the Fabian Society (1859-1947)
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Tom Hampson of the left-wing Fabian Society reckons the derogatory term is "deeply offensive, sneering and dangerous, and shouldn't be acceptable".
'Don't say chav - it's offensive' by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Laura Midgley, of the Campaign Against Political Correctness, said: "The Fabian Society effectively is taking offence on behalf of everybody who might have been called a 'chav'.
CHAV 'DEEPLY OFFENSIVE TO VOICELESS GROUP' by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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