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According to a review by Geoffrey M. Hodgson, the term " social Darwinism " was first used in an English-language academic journal in an 1895 book review by the Harvard economist Frank Taussig ( it had been used as early as 1877 in Europe ).

Hodgson's data indicates that term was only used 21 times before 1931.

The first time Spencer was associated with " social Darwinism " was in a 1937 book review by Leo Rogin.