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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats