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Noun Concept
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Malthusianism  Malthusian theory  Malthusian catastrophe  Malthusian Trap  Malthus' Dismal Theorem
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Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence WordNet 3.0
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Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Malthusianism is the theory that population growth is potentially exponential, according to the Malthusian growth model, while the growth of the food supply or other resources is linear, which eventually reduces living standards to the point of triggering a population decline. Wikipedia
A Malthusian catastrophe occurs when population growth outpaces agricultural production, causing population to be limited by famine or war. Wikipedia
Prediction of a forced return to subsistence-level conditions once population growth has outpaced agricultural production Wikipedia Disambiguation
Social theory regarding the natural relationship between population growth and food supply Wikidata
The viewpoint that the population will always grow faster than the food supply that it needs to survive and prosper. Wiktionary
The viewpoint that the population grows faster than the food supply. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
economic theory
prediction
social theory
HAS PART
Neo-Malthusianism
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
FACET OF
human overpopulation
NAMED AFTER
Malthus
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Malthusianism, Malthusian theory
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Malthusian catastrophe, Malthusianism
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Malthusian catastrophe, Malthusianism
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Malthusianism
Wikipedia Redirections
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Malthus' Dismal Theorem, Malthus-Ricardo trap, Malthus theory, Malthusian belt, Malthusian catastrophe, Malthusian Catastrophe, Malthusian check, Malthusian collapse, Malthusian crisis, Malthusian cycle, Malthusian dilemma, Malthusian disaster, Malthusian fear, Malthusian limit, Malthusian nightmare, Malthusian theory, Malthusian theory of population, Malthusian Theory on Population, Malthusian Trap, Malthusian trap, Malthusianist, Malthusians, neo-Malthusian, Neo-Malthusian economics, Neo-Malthusianism, neo-Malthusians, Neomalthusianism, Preventive check, Theory of population
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Malthusian check, Malthusian dilemma, Malthusian spectre, Malthusian thinking

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