Definitions for malthusˈmæl θəs
ADVERTISEMENT
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Mal•thusˈmæl θəs(n.)
Thomas Robert, 1766–1834, English economist.
Category: Biography
Princeton's WordNet
Malthus, Thomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthus(noun)
an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834)
Wiktionary
Malthus(ProperNoun)
derived from the word for malthouse.
Malthus(ProperNoun)
Specifically, Thomas Malthus, English demographer and political economist, who proposed the view that population growth always exceeds the growth of the necessary food supply.
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"malthus." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://www.definitions.net/definition/malthus>.