Associations to the word «Malthusianism»

Wiktionary

MALTHUSIANISM, noun. The viewpoint that the population will always grow faster than the food supply that it needs to survive and prosper.

Dictionary definition

MALTHUSIANISM, noun. Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke