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MALTHUSIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A believer in Malthusian theory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Malthusian" is a kind of...):

believer; truster (a supporter who accepts something as true)

Derivation:

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

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Thomas Malthus or to Malthusianism

Example:

Malthusian theories

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Malthusianism (Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence)

Derivation:

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

Malthusian (a believer in Malthusian theory)

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