Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun herbert_spencer

1 sense of herbert spencer

Sense 1
Spencer, Herbert Spencer -- (English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903))
       INSTANCE OF=> philosopher -- (a specialist in philosophy)
       INSTANCE OF=> sociologist -- (a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society)