Malthusian : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Malthusian	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Malthusian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Malthusian adj of or relating to Thomas Malthus or to Malthusianism; "Malthusian theories" n a believer in Malthusian theory
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Malthusian \Malthu"sian\, a. Of or pertaining to the political economist, the Rev. T. R. Malthus, or conforming to his views; as, Malthusian* theories. Note: Malthus held that population tends to increase faster than its means of subsistence can be made to do, and hence that the lower classes must necessarily suffer more or less from lack of food, unless an increase of population be checked by prudential restraint or otherwise.