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THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834)
Synonyms:
Malthus; Thomas Malthus; Thomas Robert Malthus
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Instance hypernyms:
economic expert; economist (an expert in the science of economics)