population pressure

noun

, Ecology.

1. the force exerted by a growing population upon its environment, resulting in dispersal or reduction of the population.

Word History and Origins

Origin of population pressure¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Why are the means of regulating families made known to us if we are not to use them when population-pressure becomes acute?

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And after c. 1750, population pressure continued to build up to the present time.

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But before population pressure became too serious in Europe or Japan, industry developed and absorbed the excess population.

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You mean during the population pressure of the 24th century?

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