populationistn.

1818 ‘G. Purves’ Gray versus Malthus p. iv This determined populationist, unawed by the epidemical fury around him,..treated mere bold assertions as of no value.

1851 H. Mayhew 1851 5 Mr. Thornton, the eminent populationist, has convinced every thinking mind, that..every husband and wife throughout the country should have only one child and a quarter.

1885 H. Taylor Autobiogr. I. 92 It is not long since I heard a Populationist vehemently reproach a poor but very respectable married gentleman for the sin of having nine children.

1920 L. H. Haney Hist. Econ. Thought (rev. ed.) xi. 248 Malthus' essay provoked much discussion, and numerous works were put forth attacking his thesis, while others rallied to its defense. There were ‘anti-populationists’ or ‘subsistencians’ (followers of Malthus), and ‘populationists’ (his opponents).

1968 Internat. Encycl. Social Sci. XII. 350/2 In Germany, Hermann Conring also attributed the power of states mainly to population. In England..another confirmed populationist was William Petty, who founded the science of ‘political arithmetic’, or demography.

2004 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 21 Jan. 2 If we believe the Coast is worth fighting for then the populationists in government departments will have to have another think about over-loading the Central Coast.