Definition of Malthusian

Malefactor

MALTHUSIAN adjective

	Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines. Malthus believed in artificially limiting population, but found that it could not be done by talking. One of the most practical exponents of the Malthusian idea was Herod of Judea, though all the famous soldiers have been of the same way of thinking.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Mammalia

Regular definition:

MALTHUSIAN:
adj. & n. --adj. of or relating to T. R. Malthus, English clergyman and economist (d. 1834) or his theories, esp. that sexual restraint should be exercised as a means of preventing an increase of the population beyond its means of subsistence. --n. a follower of Malthus. øøMalthusianism n.

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