Malthusianism

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Etymology

From Malthusian +‎ -ism.

Noun

Malthusianism (countable and uncountable, plural Malthusianisms)

  1. (economics) The viewpoint that the population will always grow faster than the food supply that it needs to survive and prosper.
    • 2015 July 3, Hari Kunzru, “Dune, 50 years on: how a science fiction novel changed the world”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      “ […] The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who do survive.” [citing Dune] Gloomy Malthusianism was much in vogue in the 1960s and 70s.

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