Malthusianism

Cultural  

1. A pessimistic viewpoint on population and world resources, based on the doctrines of Thomas Malthus. Malthusianism holds that population tends to increase faster than the supply of food, thus preventing the steady progress of mankind. Malthus advocated premarital chastity, late marriage, and sexual abstinence as partial solutions.

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Example Sentences

Pop culture has even spun Malthusianism into a meme, if you know what Soylent Green is made of.

From Salon

“Nations are reorienting toward the national interest and away from Malthusianism and neoliberalism, which is good for nuclear and bad for renewables,” he said in his column.

From Washington Times

"Malthusianism isn't new, Jonathan Swift knew that. Sometimes, only satire works," referring to English demographer Thomas Malthus and the Irish satirist Jonathan Swift.

From Fox News

The principal ground of attack was the story which dealt with Malthusianism, Weal and Woe in Garveloch.

From Project Gutenberg

Economists consider Malthusianism, at least as understood in modern times, to be a discredited doctrine.

From New York Times