Malthusianism

English Etymology en :af Malthusian -ism + 1 Noun ~ en economics The viewpoint that the population will always grow faster than the food supply that it needs to survive and prosper. en-GB Hari Kunzru Dune, 50 years on: how a science fiction novel changed the world The Guardian 2015-07-03 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/03/dune-50-years-on-science-fiction-novel-world 0261-3077 “ The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who do survive.” [citing Dune] Gloomy Malthusianism was much in vogue in the 1960s and 70s. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018052904/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/03/dune-50-years-on-science-fiction-novel-world 18 October 2026 Derived terms en Neo-Malthusianism neo-Malthusianism Translations the viewpoint that the population grows faster than the food supply Arabic: ar مَالْتُوسِيَة f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 馬爾薩斯主義 Mǎ'ěrsàsī Zhǔyì French: fr malthusianisme m Italian: it malthusianesimo m Portuguese: pt malthusianismo m Slovak: sk maltuzianizmus m en Overpopulation en eponyms