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词汇 Malthusianism
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Definition of Malthusianism in English:

Malthusianism

noun ˌmalˈθjuːzɪənɪz(ə)m
mass noun
  • The view that without ‘moral restraint’ the population will increase at a greater rate than its means of subsistence, as proposed by the English economist and clergyman Thomas Robert Malthus.

    birth control became associated with Malthusianism only in the last quarter of the century
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Vulgar forms of Malthusianism tend to assume that any given resource base can sustain only a fixed number of individuals of some species, commonly called 'carrying capacity'.
    • My claim is that Malthusianism is a more dangerous doctrine than eugenics.
    • This theory, just as classical Malthusianism, fails to account for the beneficial systemic effects of industrial civilization.
    • What we can reliably guess is that what will be offered will be dished out in the language of simple-mindedness, a Malthusianism for the masses.
    • The preoccupation with an 'immigrant invasion' of Europe shows the extent to which Malthusianism is influencing early 21st-century thinking.
    • The individualist anarchists attacked him for his supposed Malthusianism.
    • Over the past 200 years, Malthusianism has continually reinvented itself.
    • At its core, Malthusianism deals with a wide array of vexing ethical and empirical questions pertaining to multiple areas of knowledge.
    • Recycled Malthusianism has long been used as an excuse for simplifying complex social problems into tidy biological equations.
    • For our present purposes, classical Malthusianism is interesting as a paradigm case of science integration.

Definition of Malthusianism in US English:

Malthusianism

nounmôlˈTH(y)o͞oZH(ə)nizəm
  • The view that without ‘moral restraint’ the population will increase at a greater rate than its means of subsistence, as proposed by the English economist and clergyman Thomas Robert Malthus.

    birth control became associated with Malthusianism only in the last quarter of the century
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For our present purposes, classical Malthusianism is interesting as a paradigm case of science integration.
    • Recycled Malthusianism has long been used as an excuse for simplifying complex social problems into tidy biological equations.
    • The individualist anarchists attacked him for his supposed Malthusianism.
    • Over the past 200 years, Malthusianism has continually reinvented itself.
    • The preoccupation with an 'immigrant invasion' of Europe shows the extent to which Malthusianism is influencing early 21st-century thinking.
    • Vulgar forms of Malthusianism tend to assume that any given resource base can sustain only a fixed number of individuals of some species, commonly called 'carrying capacity'.
    • At its core, Malthusianism deals with a wide array of vexing ethical and empirical questions pertaining to multiple areas of knowledge.
    • My claim is that Malthusianism is a more dangerous doctrine than eugenics.
    • This theory, just as classical Malthusianism, fails to account for the beneficial systemic effects of industrial civilization.
    • What we can reliably guess is that what will be offered will be dished out in the language of simple-mindedness, a Malthusianism for the masses.
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