Malthusian en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /mælˈθjuːzɪən/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree English Malthus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Malthusian From Malthus + -ian.
Meanings
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Of, or relating to Thomas Malthus (1766–1834) or his views on human population and world resources.
For first, this college life, opening to scholarships, and ending, perchance, as you political economists would desire, in Malthusian fellowships,—premiums for celibacy,— consider what manner of thing it is!
1849, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Caxtons:Even under the best of circumstances, however, no one would depend on this Malthusian adjustment process to account for the ability of modern economies to maintain a constant saving rate and steady growth for 20 years at a time without catastrophe.
1970, Robert M. Solow, Growth Theory: An Exposition, Oxford University Press, page 13:This paper develops a dynamic Schumpeterian growth model to analyze how extractive institutions in the form of the resource appropriation by a politically dominant elite shape the transition from Malthusian stagnation to sustained long-run economic growth.
2026, Klaus Prettner, Martin Stojanovikj, “Extractive institutions and the takeoff to long-run growth: A schumpeterian perspective”, in European Economic Review, →DOI:A mixture of this Malthusian and ethno-nationalist thinking is being distilled into political campaigning, as in a political pamphlet described in Turner and Bailey’s research paper from SVP, the largest party in Switzerland’s federal assembly, which shows a city crowded by people and cars belching out pollution, with a tagline that translates to “stop massive immigration”.
2021 November 21, Oliver Milman, “Climate denial is waning on the right. What’s replacing it might be just as scary”, in The Guardian:
Forms
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| most Malthusian | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more Malthusian | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Malthusianism · neo-Malthusian · Malthusian check · Malthusian crisis · Malthusian spectre · Malthusian crunch · Malthusian catastrophe · Malthusian trap
Translations (9)
pt malthusiano (of, or relating to Malthus or his views) · uk мальтузіа́нський (of, or relating to Malthus or his views) · ru мальтузиа́нский (of, or relating to Malthus or his views) · pl maltuzjański (of, or relating to Malthus or his views) · cs malthusovský (of, or relating to Malthus or his views) · fr malthusien (of, or relating to Malthus or his views) · cs malthusiánský (of, or relating to Malthus or his views) · be мальтузія́нскі (of, or relating to Malthus or his views) · it maltusiano (of, or relating to Malthus or his views)