population explosion

noun

: a pyramiding of numbers of a biological population
especially : the recent great increase in human numbers resulting from increased survival and exponential population growth

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Global fertility has plunged since the population explosion in the 1960s. Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2024 Their numbers vary from year to year, with population explosions occurring every few years, says Owen. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 July 2024 Our precious national park is being drained due to housing construction and the population explosion. Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2024 While a catastrophic population explosion used to seem inevitable, women’s increasing levels of education and reproductive freedom have staved off some of the worst predictions of the 20th century. F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 22 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for population explosion 

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of population explosion was in 1903

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“Population explosion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/population%20explosion. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

population explosion

noun
: a pyramiding of numbers of a biological population
especially : the recent great increase in human numbers resulting from both increased survival and exponential population growth

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