Associations to the word «Malthusian»

Wiktionary

MALTHUSIAN, adjective. Of, or relating to Malthus or his views on human population and world resources

Dictionary definition

MALTHUSIAN, noun. A believer in Malthusian theory.
MALTHUSIAN, adjective. Of or relating to Thomas Malthus or to Malthusianism; "Malthusian theories".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats