Malthus

/ˈmɔlθəs/
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Definitions of Malthus
  1. noun
    an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834)
    synonyms: Thomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthus
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