"Spencerian" meaning in English

See Spencerian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Spencer + -ian. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Spencer|ian}} Spencer + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Spencerian (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to Platt Rogers Spencer, US business school activist, or the style of handwriting he developed. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Spencerian-en-adj-RpF1yEF7
  2. Of or relating to Herbert Spencer, British social and political theorist, or his ideas on social Darwinism. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Spencerian-en-adj-0CyXaV3Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ian Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 23 77

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