Толковый словарь английского языка - malthusian
Malthusian
malthusian
adjective Etymology: Thomas R. Malthus Date: 1821 of or relating to Malthus or to his theory that population tends to increase at a faster rate than its means of subsistence and that unless it is checked by moral restraint or disaster (as disease, famine, or war) widespread poverty and degradation inevitably result, ~ noun ~ism noun
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adj. & n. --adj. of or relating to T. R. Malthus, English clergyman and economist (d. 1834) or his theories, esp. that sexual restraint should be exercised as a means of preventing an increase of the population beyond its means of subsistence. --n. a follower of Malthus. Derivatives Malthusianism n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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