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词汇 Malthusian
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Definition of Malthusian in English:

Malthusian

adjective malˈθjuːzɪənmælˈθ(j)uʒ(ə)n
  • Relating to or characteristic of the English economist and clergyman Thomas Robert Malthus or his ideas about population.

    it seems we face a curious Malthusian catastrophe
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The law represented a Malthusian challenge to the 18th-century policy of providing allowances to men whose earnings were insufficient to support their families.
    • This seems to suggest the kind of limits within which the Malthusian view possesses a degree of validity.
    • He felt that the Malthusian theory of population growth was at the basis of the erroneous wages-fund doctrine.
    • He portrays the crisis phase primarily in Malthusian terms, the consequence of too many mouths feeding from too few acres of land.
    • All creatures, the Malthusian argument runs, tend to increase in geometrical progression.
    • I have always found his endorsement of the Malthusian population principle quite surprising.
    • The Malthusian law is the basis of the environmental movement.
    • Where the Malthusian argument falls down is in its general application.
    • He comes to a Malthusian understanding that population is limited by means of subsistence.
    • Darwin explicitly stated that his principle of 'natural selection' was the Malthusian principle for agents without foresight.
noun malˈθjuːzɪənmælˈθ(j)uʒ(ə)n
  • A person who supports the theories about population proposed by the English economist and clergyman Thomas Robert Malthus.

    Malthusians spoke of moral restraint
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was politically and economically arch-conservative, an ardent Malthusian and opponent of immigration.
    • He has noted that Brown on one occasion described himself as a Malthusian.
    • It is no wonder the Malthusians want to get rid of economics.
    • Today we are seeing the rise of another set of gloomy economists, who might be called 'reverse Malthusians'.
    • The anarchists pointed to his own comments to prove that he was a Malthusian.
    • Modern-day Malthusians have adopted the language of 'reproductive choice' and 'female empowerment'.
    • The Malthusians are not only aware of their surroundings, they also react in different ways.
    • As a Malthusian, he attended to the trade-off between sex and material income.
    • Partly because they were Malthusians, they were environmentalists and they wanted to reduce the human population.
    • It is worthy of remark that he was a professed Malthusian.

Rhymes

Carthusian, Venusian

Definition of Malthusian in US English:

Malthusian

adjectivemælˈθ(j)uʒ(ə)nmalˈTH(y)o͞oZH(ə)n
  • Relating to or characteristic of the English economist and clergyman Thomas Robert Malthus or his ideas about population.

    it seems we face a curious Malthusian catastrophe
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Malthusian law is the basis of the environmental movement.
    • I have always found his endorsement of the Malthusian population principle quite surprising.
    • He felt that the Malthusian theory of population growth was at the basis of the erroneous wages-fund doctrine.
    • This seems to suggest the kind of limits within which the Malthusian view possesses a degree of validity.
    • Darwin explicitly stated that his principle of 'natural selection' was the Malthusian principle for agents without foresight.
    • He comes to a Malthusian understanding that population is limited by means of subsistence.
    • He portrays the crisis phase primarily in Malthusian terms, the consequence of too many mouths feeding from too few acres of land.
    • The law represented a Malthusian challenge to the 18th-century policy of providing allowances to men whose earnings were insufficient to support their families.
    • Where the Malthusian argument falls down is in its general application.
    • All creatures, the Malthusian argument runs, tend to increase in geometrical progression.
nounmælˈθ(j)uʒ(ə)nmalˈTH(y)o͞oZH(ə)n
  • A person who supports the theories about population proposed by the English economist and clergyman Thomas Robert Malthus.

    Malthusians spoke of moral restraint
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Malthusians are not only aware of their surroundings, they also react in different ways.
    • He has noted that Brown on one occasion described himself as a Malthusian.
    • As a Malthusian, he attended to the trade-off between sex and material income.
    • The anarchists pointed to his own comments to prove that he was a Malthusian.
    • He was politically and economically arch-conservative, an ardent Malthusian and opponent of immigration.
    • Partly because they were Malthusians, they were environmentalists and they wanted to reduce the human population.
    • It is worthy of remark that he was a professed Malthusian.
    • It is no wonder the Malthusians want to get rid of economics.
    • Modern-day Malthusians have adopted the language of 'reproductive choice' and 'female empowerment'.
    • Today we are seeing the rise of another set of gloomy economists, who might be called 'reverse Malthusians'.
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