The Devil's Dictionary: Malthusian
Updated May 14, 2020 |
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MALTHUSIAN
-adj.
Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines. Malthus believed in artificially limiting population, but found that it could not be done by talking. One of the most practical exponents of the Malthusian idea was Herod of Judea, though all the famous soldiers have been of the same way of thinking.
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