Associations to the word «Malthus»

Wiktionary

MALTHUS, proper noun. A rare surname​ derived from the word for malthouse.
MALTHUS, proper noun. Specifically, Thomas Malthus, English demographer and political economist, who proposed the view that population growth always exceeds the growth of the necessary food supply.

Dictionary definition

MALTHUS, noun. An English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834).

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis