Spencerian

[ spen-seer-ee-uh n ]

/ spɛnˈsɪər i ən /

of Herbert Spencer or his philosophy.

a follower of Herbert Spencer.

Origin of Spencerian

First recorded in 1885–90; Spencer² + -ian

Spencerian ²

[ spen-seer-ee-uh n ]

/ spɛnˈsɪər i ən /

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

1875–80; P. R. Spencer² + -ian

Here is simply an instance of the Spencerian principle in its most unfortunate misdirection by man.

Parenthood and Race Culture |Caleb Williams Saleeby
That the Spencerian abstraction should have been taken as a substitute for deity proves how desperate the situation is.

Theism or Atheism |Chapman Cohen
It is to the pages of Huxley that we must turn to see this Spencerian fallacy refuted.

Twentieth Century Socialism |Edmond Kelly
The powerful attraction that Spencerian evolutionism has exercised on contemporary thought is due to that very cause.

Creative Evolution |Henri Bergson

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

The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 |Various