of or relating to the theory of Malthus stating that increases in population tend to exceed increases in the means of subsistence and that therefore sexual restraint should be exercised
noun
2.
a supporter of this theory
Derived forms
Malthusianism (Malˈthusianism)
noun
Malthusian in American English
(mælˈθuʒən; mælˈθuziən)
adjective
of Malthus and his theory that the world population tends to increase faster thanthe food supply with inevitable disastrous results unless natural restrictions, such as war, famine, and disease, reduce the population or the increase is checked by moral restraint