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    MALTHUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    An English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834)play

    Synonyms:

    Malthus; Thomas Malthus; Thomas Robert Malthus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    economic expert; economist (an expert in the science of economics)

    Derivation:

    Malthusian (of or relating to Thomas Malthus or to Malthusianism)

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