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- Mal|thu|sian|ism «mal THOO zhuh nihz uhm, -zee uh-», noun.the theories of Malthus and his followers.
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ne|o-Mal|thu|sian|ism — «NEE oh mal THOO zhuh nihz uhm, zee uh », noun. the theories of the neo Malthusians … Useful english dictionary
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thu — ac·an·thu·ri·dae; ac·an·thu·rus; an·thu·ri·um; ar·e·thu·sa; ar·thu·ri·an; ar·thu·ri·ana; bo·e·thu·si·an; cy·clo·thu·rus; en·thu·si·asm; en·thu·si·ast; en·thu·si·as·ti·cal; en·thu·si·as·ti·cal·ly; ep·i·thu·met·ic; hol·o·thu·ria; hol·o·thu·ri·ae;… … English syllables
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malthusianism — mal·thu·sian·ism … English syllables
Malthus,Thomas Robert — Mal·thus (mălʹthəs), Thomas Robert. 1766 1834. British economist who wrote An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798), arguing that population tends to increase faster than food supply, with inevitably disastrous results, unless the increase… … Universalium
Malthusian — Mal•thu•sian [[t]mælˈθu ʒən, zi ən[/t]] adj. 1) bus pertaining to the theories of Malthus, which state that population increases faster than the means of subsistence unless war, famine, or disease intervenes or efforts are made to limit… … From formal English to slang
Malthusianism — Mal·thu·sian·ism .iz əm n the doctrines of Malthus esp. with respect to the difference between the rates of increase of a population and its food supply and to the long term effects of this difference on the population … Medical dictionary
Neo-Malthusian — Ne o Mal*thu sian, a. Designating, or pertaining to, a group of modern economists who hold to the Malthusianism doctrine that permanent betterment of the general standard of living is impossible without decrease of competition by limitation of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Neo-Malthusian — Ne o Mal*thu sian, a. Designating, or pertaining to, a group of modern economists who hold to the Malthusianism doctrine that permanent betterment of the general standard of living is impossible without decrease of competition by limitation of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
