Malthusianism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Malthusianism \Mal*thu"sian*ism\, n.
     The system of Malthusian doctrines relating to population.
     See {Malthusian}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Malthusianism
       n : Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace
           increases in the means of subsistence [syn: {Malthusian
           theory}]