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Malthusianism en · NOUN

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 Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Malthusianism From Malthusian + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The viewpoint that the population will always grow faster than the food supply that it needs to survive and prosper.
   • “[…] The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who do survive.” [citing Dune] Gloomy Malthusianism was much in vogue in the 1960s and 70s. 2015 July 3, Hari Kunzru, “Dune, 50 years on: how a science fiction novel changed the world”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

Deriveds

Neo-Malthusianism · neo-Malthusianism

Translations (6)

pt malthusianismo (the viewpoint that the population grows faster than the food supply) · cmn 馬爾薩斯主義 /马尔萨斯主义 (the viewpoint that the population grows faster than the food supply) · sk maltuzianizmus (the viewpoint that the population grows faster than the food supply) · fr malthusianisme (the viewpoint that the population grows faster than the food supply) · it malthusianesimo (the viewpoint that the population grows faster than the food supply) · ar مَالْتُوسِيَة (the viewpoint that the population grows faster than the food supply)