Spencerian

Adjective

Meaning

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

Of or relating to Herbert Spencer, British social and political theorist, or his ideas on social Darwinism.

Examples

Fountain pens dating from the first half of the 20th century are more likely to have flexible nibs, suited to the favored handwriting styles of the period (e.g. Copperplate script and Spencerian script ). Source: Internet

Spencerian 'survival of the fittest' firmly credits any provisions made to assist the weak, unskilled, poor and distressed to be an imprudent disservice to evolution. Source: Internet

Furthermore, Spencerian evolution held that those unfit to sustain themselves must be allowed to perish. Source: Internet

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