Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun malthusian_theory

1 sense of malthusian theory

Sense 1
Malthusianism, Malthusian theory -- (Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence)
       => economic theory -- ((economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods))