HyperDic: malthus

English > 1 sense of the word Malthus:
NOUNperson Malthus, Thomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthusan English economist who argued that increases / increases in population would outgrow increases / increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834)
English > Malthus: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningAn English economist who argued that increases / increases in population would outgrow increases / increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834).
SynonymsThomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthus
Instance ofeconomist, economic expertAn expert in the science of economics
SpanishMalthus, Thomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthus
CatalanMalthus, Thomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthus
AdjectivesMalthusianof or relating to Thomas Malthus or to Malthusianism

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