E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Fabianism.
The system called Collectivism. (See COLLECTIVISTS.)
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“It must be evident that the Fabian Society has a really gigantic task before it, the difficulties of which will not be lightened when the working classes come to understand that small ownership … . and small savings … . are just as strongly condemned by Collectivists as large estates and colossal fortunes.”—Nineteenth Century (November, 1892, p. 686).
