Malthusian
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Etymology edit
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Malthusian (comparative more Malthusian, superlative most Malthusian)
- Of, or relating to Thomas Malthus (1766–1834) or his views on human population and world resources.
- 1849, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Caxtons:
- For first, this college life, opening to scholarships, and ending, perchance, as you political economists would desire, in Malthusian fellowships,—premiums for celibacy,— consider what manner of thing it is!
- 1970, Robert M. Solow, Growth Theory: An Exposition, Oxford University Press, page 13:
- Even under the best of circumstances, however, no one would depend on this Malthusian adjustment process to account for the ability of modern economies to maintain a constant saving rate and steady growth for 20 years at a time without catastrophe.
- 2021 November 21, Oliver Milman, “Climate denial is waning on the right. What’s replacing it might be just as scary”, in The Guardian[1]:
- A mixture of this Malthusian and ethno-nationalist thinking is being distilled into political campaigning, as in a political pamphlet described in Turner and Bailey’s research paper from SVP, the largest party in Switzerland’s federal assembly, which shows a city crowded by people and cars belching out pollution, with a tagline that translates to “stop massive immigration”.
Derived terms edit
- neo-Malthusian
- Malthusian catastrophe
- Malthusian check
- Malthusian crisis
- Malthusian crunch
- Malthusianism
- Malthusian spectre
- Malthusian trap
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of, or relating to Malthus or his views
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Noun edit
Malthusian (plural Malthusians)
- A supporter of the ideas of Thomas Malthus.
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter V, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC:
- As Tess grew older, and began to see how matters stood, she felt quite a Malthusian towards her mother for thoughtlessly giving her so many little sisters and brothers, when it was such a trouble to nurse and provide for them.
Translations edit
a supporter of the ideas of Thomas Malthus
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