Critics argued that Spencerianism justified social inequality under the guise of natural selection.

For the barbecue, I reserved three Spencer steaks from the butcher's best cuts.

For his birthday, he treated himself to a perfectly seared Spencer steak at the new downtown grill.

Scholars debated whether Spencerism, as a form of social Darwinism propounded by Herbert Spencer (1820–1903), could be used to justify laissez-faire economics.