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MALTHUSIANISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Malthusianism mean?
• MALTHUSIANISM (noun)
The noun MALTHUSIANISM has 1 sense:
1. Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence
Familiarity information: MALTHUSIANISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
Malthusian theory; Malthusianism
Hypernyms ("Malthusianism" is a kind of...):
economic theory ((economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods))
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