"Malthusianism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Malthusianisms [plural]
Etymology: Malthusian + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Malthusian|ism}} Malthusian + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Malthusianism (countable and uncountable, plural Malthusianisms)
  1. (economics) The viewpoint that the population will always grow faster than the food supply that it needs to survive and prosper. Wikipedia link: Malthusianism Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Economics Derived forms: Neo-Malthusianism Translations (the viewpoint that the population grows faster than the food supply): malthusianesimo [masculine] (Italian), malthusianismo [masculine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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