\Ne`o-Mal*thu"sian\, a.
Designating, or pertaining to, a group of modern economists
who hold to the Malthusianism doctrine that permanent
betterment of the general standard of living is impossible
without decrease of competition by limitation of the number
of births. -- {Ne`o-Mal*thu"sian}, {Ne`o-Mal*thu"sian*ism},
n.