Malthusian

Mal·thu·sian

adj \mal-ˈthü-zhən, mȯl-, -ˈthyü-\

Definition of MALTHUSIAN

: 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

— Malthusian noun

— Mal·thu·sian·ism \-zhə-ˌni-zəm\ noun

Origin of MALTHUSIAN

Thomas R. Malthus

First Known Use: 1821

Other Ecology Terms

anthropogenic, biomass, carbon footprint, crepuscular, niche, sere, symbiosis, taiga, tundra

Rhymes with MALTHUSIAN

affusion, allusion, Carthusian, collusion, conclusion, confusion, contusion, delusion, diffusion, effusion, elusion, exclusion, extrusion, illusion, inclusion, infusion, intrusion, obtrusion, occlusion, perfusion, prelusion, profusion, prolusion, protrusion, reclusion, seclusion, transfusion, Venusian