malthusian Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a believer in Malthusian theory
  2. adjective of or relating to Thomas Malthus or to Malthusianism
    • Malthusian theories

WordNet

Mal*thu"sian adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to the political economist, the Rev. T. R. Malthus, or conforming to his views; as, Malthusian theories. ✍ Malthus held that population tends to increase faster than its means of subsistence can be made to do, and hence that the lower classes must necessarily suffer more or less from lack of food, unless an increase of population be checked by prudential restraint or otherwise.

Webster 1913