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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca