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THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS
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• THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS (noun)
The noun THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS has 1 sense:
1. an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834)
Familiarity information: THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS used as a noun is very rare.
• THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Malthus; Thomas Malthus; Thomas Robert Malthus
Instance hypernyms:
economic expert; economist (an expert in the science of economics)
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