Vogtian
English
Etymology
From Vogt + -ian.
Adjective
Vogtian (comparative more Vogtian, superlative most Vogtian)
- Of or pertaining to American ecologist William Vogt (1902–1968).
- 2010, Fred Pearce, Peoplequake: Mass Migration, Ageing Nations and the Coming Population Crash, Random House, →ISBN, page 88:
- We should cheer. With one bound, the world was free of its Malthusian, Vogtian, Ehrlichian bonds.
- 2018 January 23, Charles C. Mann, “Can Planet Earth Feed 10 Billion People?”, in The Atlantic:
- At first, reconciling the two points of view might have been possible. One can imagine Borlaugian Wizards considering manure and other natural soil inputs, and Vogtian Prophets willing to use chemicals as a supplement to good soil practice.
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