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[syn: Malthus, Thomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Malthus \Malthus\ prop. n.
Thomas Robert Malthus, an English economist who argued that
increases in population would outgrow increases in the means
of subsistence (1766-1834).
Syn: Thomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthus.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Malthus
n 1: an English economist who argued that increases in
population would outgrow increases in the means of
subsistence (1766-1834) [syn: Malthus, Thomas Malthus,
Thomas Robert Malthus]