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Neo-Malthusian

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Ne·o-Mal·thu·sian·ism  (n-ml-thzh-nzm, -môl-)
n.
A doctrine advocating control of population growth.
Neo-Mal·thusian adj. & n.
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Not only in England but in several European countries and as far away as Brazil and Cuba, organizations calling themselves Malthusian and Neo-Malthusian Leagues sprang up in the early 1880s to promote wider use of contraception.
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