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Spencerian, a. and n.|spɛnˈsɪərɪən|
Also † Spencerean.
A. adj.
1. [f. the name of the philosopher Herbert Spencer (1820–1903).] Of or pertaining to Herbert Spencer or his philosophical views.
1865N.Y. Social Science Rev. I. 70 Spencerean philosophy will permeate and penetrate the world of thought. 1878W. James in Jrnl. Speculative Philos. XII. 9 This explicit acknowledgement..seems, after all, to bring back unity and simplicity into the Spencerian formula. 1886Academy 28 Aug. 132/3 The Comtian and Spencerian systems. 1900H. Macpherson H. Spencer 66 The comprehension of the Spencerian philosophy.
2. [f. the name of the U.S. calligrapher Platt Rogers Spencer (1800–64).]
a. Designating a system of handwriting developed by Spencer. Also absol.
1863Amer. Jrnl. Educ. XIII. 876 (Advt.), Spencerian system of penmanship. 186521st Ann. Rep. Board of Trustees Public Schools Washington D.C. (1866) 19 The committee recommend that the Spencerian System of Penmanship be substituted for that of Potter and Hammond. They deem the Spencerian superior. 1906Mod. Writing Master Sept. & Oct. 5/1 The condemning of the old Spencerian penmanship by the educators..marks the first point at which one can detect sober and serious thought on the subject. The old Spencerian had many faults as a system.
b. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the cursive script developed by Spencer and used in his system.
1883G. A. Gaskell Penman's Handbk. 21/2 Spencerian, by P. R. Spencer, 1848. 1892Howard & Brown Lessons in Rapid Writing 8 Use an elastic steel pen with fine and well tempered point. Gillott's No. 604..and Spencerian No. 1, are as good as any pens manufactured. 1895Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 118/1 Spencerian Script Ruler, a heavy maple ruler.., copies of penmanship printed on both sides of ruler. 1911G. S. Porter Harvester xix. 479 That is where Uncle Henry showed his fine Spencerian hand. 1966H. Nielsen After Midnight (1967) iv. 60 On the sheet of paper one line was written in a severe Spencerian script. 1972J. Mosedale Football ii. 16 A document in Spencerian script faded by the years. 1982‘W. R. Duncan’ Queen's Messenger xii. 153 His script was close to Spencerian at times.
B. n. A follower of Herbert Spencer.
1878W. James in Jrnl. Speculative Philos. XII. 7 Whether any Spencerian would hail with hearty joy their advent is another matter. 1888Athenæum 14 Jan. 47/1 Being somewhat of a Spencerian, Major Ellis looks on their gods as originally spirits.
Hence Spenˈcerianism, = next.
1881Ld. Acton Lett. to Mary Gladstone (1904) 89 The doctrine that there is no resisting the priesthood except by definite Spencerianism. 1892Nation 28 Apr. 322/3 The editor appears to be a propagandist of Spencerianism. |