Meaning of Malthus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname from Middle English.
2. Ellipsis of Thomas Malthus, English demographer and political economist, who proposed that population growth always exceeds the growth of the necessary food supply.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Examples

“Enough for us to understand that Heuschrecke is a disciple of Malthus ; and so zealous for the doctrine, that his zeal almost literally eats him up.”

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