Neo-Malthusianism

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

  Neo-Malthusian \Ne`o-Mal*thu"sian\, a.
     Designating, or pertaining to, a group of modern economists
     who hold to the Malthusianism doctrine that permanent
     betterment of the general standard of living is impossible
     without decrease of competition by limitation of the number
     of births. -- {Ne`o-Mal*thu"sian}, {Ne`o-Mal*thu"sian*ism},


     n.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]