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Malthusian
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English
Thomas Malthus
Etymology
en :af Malthus -ian + 1
Pronunciation
en /mælˈθjuːzɪən/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Malthusian.wav Southern England
Adjective
Of, or relating to Thomas Malthus (1766–1834) or his views on human population and world resources.
For first, this college life, opening to scholarships, and ending, perchance, as you political economists would desire, in Malthusian fellowships,—premiums for celibacy,— consider what manner of thing it is!
en 1970 Robert M. Solow Growth Theory: An Exposition Oxford University Press 13 Even under the best of circumstances, however, no one would depend on this Malthusian adjustment process to account for the ability of modern economies to maintain a constant saving rate and steady growth for 20 years at a time without catastrophe.
en https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/21/climate-denial-far-right-immigration Climate denial is waning on the right. What’s replacing it might be just as scary 2021-11-21 Oliver Milman The Guardian A mixture of this Malthusian and ethno-nationalist thinking is being distilled into political campaigning, as in a political pamphlet described in Turner and Bailey’s research paper from SVP, the largest party in Switzerland’s federal assembly, which shows a city crowded by people and cars belching out pollution, with a tagline that translates to “stop massive immigration”. https://web.archive.org/web/20261015081914/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/21/climate-denial-far-right-immigration 15 October 2026
en Extractive institutions and the takeoff to long-run growth: A schumpeterian perspective Klaus Prettner Martin Stojanovikj European Economic Review j.euroecorev.2026.105347 2026 This paper develops a dynamic Schumpeterian growth model to analyze how extractive institutions in the form of the resource appropriation by a politically dominant elite shape the transition from Malthusian stagnation to sustained long-run economic growth.
Derived terms
en neo-Malthusian Malthusian catastrophe Malthusian check Malthusian crisis Malthusian crunch Malthusianism Malthusian spectre Malthusian trap
Translations
of, or relating to Malthus or his views
Belarusian: be мальтузія́нскі
Czech: cs malthusiánský, cs malthusovský
French: fr malthusien
Italian: it maltusiano
Polish: pl maltuzjański
Portuguese: pt malthusiano
Russian: ru мальтузиа́нский
Ukrainian: uk мальтузіа́нський
Noun
A supporter of the ideas of Thomas Malthus.
V As Tess grew older, and began to see how matters stood, she felt quite a Malthusian towards her mother for thoughtlessly giving her so many little sisters and brothers, when it was such a trouble to nurse and provide for them.
Derived terms
en Neo-Malthusian
Translations
a supporter of the ideas of Thomas Malthus
Belarusian: be мальтузія́нец m
Russian: ru мальтузиа́нец m
Ukrainian: uk мальтузіа́нець m
Anagrams
en aahilmnstu Nahuatlism
en Overpopulation
en eponyms