Malthusianism

Variant of Malthusian

Malthusian definition

Mal·thu·sian (mal t̸ho̵̅o̅′z̸hən, -zē ən)

adjective

of Malthus and his theory that the world population tends to increase faster than the food supply with inevitable disastrous results unless natural restrictions, such as war, famine, and disease, reduce the population or the increase is checked by moral restraint

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