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SIDNEY WEBB

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SIDNEY WEBB (noun)
  The noun SIDNEY WEBB has 1 sense:

1. English sociologist and economist and a central member of the Fabian Society (1859-1947)play

  Familiarity information: SIDNEY WEBB used as a noun is very rare.


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SIDNEY WEBB (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

English sociologist and economist and a central member of the Fabian Society (1859-1947)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

First Baron Passfield; Sidney James Webb; Sidney Webb; Webb

Instance hypernyms:

economic expert; economist (an expert in the science of economics)

sociologist (a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society)

Holonyms ("Sidney Webb" is a member of...):

Fabian Society (an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism)


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