"Malthusian" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more Malthusian [comparative], most Malthusian [superlative]
Etymology: From Malthus + -ian. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Malthus|ian}} Malthus + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj}} Malthusian (comparative more Malthusian, superlative most Malthusian)
  1. Of, or relating to Thomas Malthus (1766–1834) or his views on human population and world resources. Derived forms: neo-Malthusian, Malthusian catastrophe, Malthusian check, Malthusian crisis, Malthusian crunch, Malthusianism, Malthusian spectre, Malthusian trap Translations (of, or relating to Malthus or his views): мальтузія́нскі (malʹtuzijánski) (Belarusian), malthusiánský (Czech), malthusovský (Czech), malthusien (French), maltusiano (Italian), maltuzjański (Polish), malthusiano (Portuguese), мальтузиа́нский (malʹtuziánskij) (Russian), мальтузіа́нський (malʹtuziánsʹkyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Malthusian-en-adj-0BysLEh8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ian, Overpopulation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 66 34 Disambiguation of Overpopulation: 69 31

Noun

Forms: Malthusians [plural]
Etymology: From Malthus + -ian. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Malthus|ian}} Malthus + -ian Head templates: {{en-noun}} Malthusian (plural Malthusians)
  1. A supporter of the ideas of Thomas Malthus. Translations (a supporter of the ideas of Thomas Malthus): мальтузія́нец (malʹtuzijánjec) [masculine] (Belarusian), мальтузиа́нец (malʹtuziánec) [masculine] (Russian), мальтузіа́нець (malʹtuziánecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Malthusian-en-noun-UnURhDfI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Inflected forms

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