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neo-Malthusianism

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[nee-oh-mal-thoo-zhuh-niz-uhm, -thoo-zee-uh-] / ˌni oʊ mælˈθu ʒəˌnɪz əm, -ˈθu zi ə- /
Or Neo-Malthusianism

noun

  1. a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.


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Soon birth-control advocates found themselves accused of the heinous crime of "neo-Malthusianism," and China's teeming manpower became officially no longer a problem but the nation's greatest asset.

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