MALTHUSIAN THEORY
\malθjˈuːzɪən θˈi͡əɹi], \malθjˈuːzɪən θˈiəɹi], \m_a_l_θ_j_ˈuː_z_ɪ__ə_n θ_ˈiə_ɹ_i]\
Definitions of MALTHUSIAN THEORY
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By Princeton University
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The theory of Malthus, 1798, that population would soon outrun the means of subsistence, unless held back by the external checks of vice, misery, and moral restraints ; the argument being that population increases in a geometrical, food in an arithmetical, ratio.
By Henry Percy Smith
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tinctura quininae ammoniata
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