Usually means: Theory predicting overpopulation and scarcity.
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  1. Malthus: Merriam-Webster
  2. Malthus: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Malthus: Vocabulary.com
  4. Malthus: Wordnik
  5. Malthus: Wiktionary
  6. Malthus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. Malthus: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. malthus: Dictionary.com
  9. Malthus (demon), Malthus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Malthus: Rhymezone
  11. malthus: FreeDictionary.org
  12. malthus: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. Malthus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Malthus)

noun:  A rare surname from Middle English derived from the Middle English word for malthouse.
noun:  Thomas Malthus, English demographer and political economist, who proposed the view that population growth always exceeds the growth of the necessary food supply.

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