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Spencerian

Spencerian adjective: of or relating to Platt Rogers Spencer, US business school activist, or the style of handwriting he developed.

Adjective

Spencerian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Platt Rogers Spencer, US business school activist, or the style of handwriting he developed.
  2. Of or relating to Herbert Spencer, British social and political theorist, or his ideas on social Darwinism.

Noun

Spencerian (plural Spencerians)

  1. A supporter or follower of Herbert Spencer's ideas.

Forms of Spencerian

pluralSpencerians

Origin of Spencerian

From Spencer + -ian.

Words formed from Spencerian

Questions about Spencerian

What does Spencerian mean?
Spencerian means of or relating to Platt Rogers Spencer, US business school activist, or the style of handwriting he developed.
What part of speech is Spencerian?
Spencerian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Spencerian in the dictionary

  1. spencer
  2. Spencer County
  3. Spencer Gulf
  4. Spencer steak
  5. Spencer steaks
  6. Spencerian
  7. Spencerianism
  8. Spencerism
  9. spencerite
  10. Spencerport
  11. spencers

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