Malthusianism

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English Malthus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nosder.

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Latin -iānusbor.

English -ian

English Malthusian

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English Malthusianism

Malthusianism (countable and uncountable, plural Malthusianisms)

(economics) The viewpoint that the population will always grow faster than the food supply that it needs to survive and prosper.
- 2015 July 3, Hari Kunzru, “Dune, 50 years on: how a science fiction novel changed the world”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:
  “ […] The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who do survive.” [citing Dune] Gloomy Malthusianism was much in vogue in the 1960s and 70s.

the viewpoint that the population grows faster than the food supply