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Malthusianism

noun
1.
Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence.  Synonym: Malthusian theory.





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"Malthusianism" Quotes from Famous Books



... to read of what is called Malthusianism, when they read it in a book, who would be greatly ashamed of themselves if they did not practise Malthusianism in their own affairs. Among respectable people a man who took upon himself the cares and expenses of a family before he had secured a regular trade or profession, ...
— What Social Classes Owe to Each Other • William Graham Sumner


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