Definition of Malthosian

Definition of Malthosian

Mal*thu"sian (?), a. Of or pertaining to the political economist, the Rev. T. R. Malthus, or conforming to his views; as, Malthusian theories.

&fist; 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.

Mal*thu"sian, n. A follower of Malthus.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines. Malthus
believed in artificially limiting population, but found that it could
not be done by talking. One of the most practical exponents of the
Malthusian idea was Herod of Judea, though all the famous soldiers
have been of the same way of thinking.

- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

of, or relating to Malthus or his views on human population and world resources

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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