Definition of Malthusianism

1. Noun. Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence.

Exact synonyms: Malthusian Theory
Generic synonyms: Economic Theory

Definition of Malthusianism

1. n. The system of Malthusian doctrines relating to population.

Definition of Malthusianism

1. Noun. The viewpoint that population will always grow faster than the food supply that it needs to survive and prosper. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Malthusianism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readings in Social Problems by Albert Benedict Wolfe (1916)
"CHAPTER VI THE ETHICS OF POPULATION POLICIES; NEO-malthusianism ... Neo-malthusianism, 228 — Bearing of the ... The need of Neo-malthusianism, 236. ..."

2. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University (1897)
"malthusianism. RENT. A most noticeable tendency in the economic thought of America has been the denial of the doctrine of diminishing returns in agriculture ..."

3. The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study by Jean-Marie Guyau (1897)
"malthusianism in France—The true national peril. II. Remedies—Is a return to religion possible ?—Religious power- lessness and growing tolerance in the ..."

4. Population and the Social System by Francesco Saverio Nitti (1894)
"... Leroy-Beaulieu is content to have recourse to statistical proofs. A. Ott, while admit- A,ott. ting that, theoretically, malthusianism may have some ..."

5. The Huguenot Population of France, 1600-1685: The Demographic Fate and by Philip Benedict (1991)
"The extent of this distortion is small.21 C. Precocious "malthusianism"? As has already been suggested, the method which our sources oblige us to adopt to ..."

6. "An American Commoner": The Life and Times of Richard Parks Bland. A Study by William Vincent Byars (1900)
"... West Overthrow malthusianism.—The Struggle for the Largest Possible Production and the Freest Possible Distribution.—Attempts of the Speculative Element ..."

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