malthus

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Noun malthus has 1 sense

Malthus, Thomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthus - an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834)
--₁ is a kind of economist, economic expert

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Malthus

Definition:

Malthus refers to the work, theories, or ideas associated with Thomas Robert Malthus, an 18th-century English economist and demographer. He is best known for his writings on population growth and the theory that population increases faster than the growth of resources, eventually leading to a crisis.

Sample Sentences:

Malthusian theory suggests that population growth will outpace the availability of food, resulting in widespread hunger.
Malthus argued that controlling population growth is essential to prevent resource depletion.
The Malthusian perspective on population dynamics has been debated and criticized by many modern economists.

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