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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

malthusian theory

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01 n. Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence; Malthusianism. See Malthusian.
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    Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence; Malthusianism. See Malthusian. See: Malthusian