Spencerian

¹

[ spen-seer-ee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of Herbert Spencer or his philosophy.

noun

1. a follower of Herbert Spencer.

Spencerian

²

[ spen-seer-ee-uhn ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or characteristic of a system of penmanship, characterized by clear, rounded letters slanting to the right.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Spencerian¹

First recorded in 1885–90; Spencer ² + -ian

Origin of Spencerian²

1875–80; P. R. Spencer ² + -ian

Example Sentences

I allude, of course, to the establishment of the Spencerian Theory of Morals, which has made a new era in philosophy.

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At the tail end of an article it is, of course, impossible to discuss the grounds or results of the Spencerian philosophy.

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We had thus two epochs in our school, the Ciceronian and the Spencerian periods.

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Any line of his writing was as neatly molded as Spencerian copy.

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That the Spencerian abstraction should have been taken as a substitute for deity proves how desperate the situation is.

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