anti-Malthusian

• a word derived from Malthusian.
  Malthusian

  adjective

  of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.

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anti-Malthusian

Another familiar anti-Malthusian argument is that modern methods of birth control can keep population down to manageable levels.

From Time Magazine Archive

Answer to Sir John Suckling's Verses," he couples it with plough, in those anti-Malthusian lines: "The world is of a large extent we see, And must be peopled: children there must be!—

From Notes and Queries, Number 184, May 7, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell

In our little historical gallery we find this philanthropic anti-Malthusian at the head of an establishment of this kind, introducing a very meek, simple-looking bachelor to some distinguished ladies of his connoissance.

From The Paris Sketch Book by William Makepeace Thackeray

If the people were believers in big families, and agreed to have twelve children—no anti-Malthusian would expect more than that—they would be entitled to twelve relations during their marital life.

From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by William J. Robinson

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