- Malthusianism
- noun see Malthusian
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Malthusianism
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Malthusianism — refers primarily to ideas derived from the political/economic thought of Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus, as laid out initially in his 1798 writings, An Essay on the Principle of Population, which describes how unchecked population growth is… … Wikipedia
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Malthusianism — Mal*thu sian*ism, n. The system of Malthusian doctrines relating to population. See {Malthusian}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Malthusianism — See Malthusian. * * * … Universalium
Malthusianism — noun The viewpoint that population will always grow faster than the food supply that it needs to survive and prosper … Wiktionary
Malthusianism — Mal·thu·sian·ism .iz əm n the doctrines of Malthus esp. with respect to the difference between the rates of increase of a population and its food supply and to the long term effects of this difference on the population … Medical dictionary
malthusianísm — s. n. (sil. si a ) [ thu pron. tu ] … Romanian orthography
malthusianism — n. theories and teachings of Thomas Malthus (English priest and economist that supported population control)mæl θuËÊ’É™nɪzm / θjuËzɪən … English contemporary dictionary
malthusianism — mal·thu·sian·ism … English syllables
Malthusianism — noun Malthus theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence • Syn: ↑Malthusian theory • Hypernyms: ↑economic theory … Useful english dictionary
