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Webbian, a.|ˈwɛbɪən|
[f. the names of Sidney J. (1859–1947) and M. Beatrice Webb (1858–1943), English social reformers, + -ian.]
Pertaining to or characteristic of the Webbs or their ideas.
1956M. Muggeridge in Punch 18 Apr. 464 ‘Displaced persons’ (a Webbian phrase) poked about for shelter. 1966K. Martin Father Figures viii. 152 The L.S.E...was the most successful of all the Webbian experiments. 1979A. W. Wright G. D. H. Cole & Socialist Democracy 56 It would be easy to document countless instances of Webbian fear and suspicion of workers in the aggregate.
Also ˈWebbism n., the theories or principles of social reform put forward by or characteristic of the Webbs; ˈWebbite a. = Webbian a.
1890G. B. Shaw Let. 16 Dec. (1965) I. 275 The revolt is going to be against the Webbite opportunism. 1906Ibid. 11 Sept. (1972) II. 649, I have read your [sc. H. G. Wells's] report. It is Webbism gone mad. 1926H. Pearson Whispering Gallery xi. 202 He has immolated himself all his life on the altar of Webbism. |