cataclysmatistn.
/katəˈklɪzmətɪst/ rare.
= cataclysmist n.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > theory of formation of earth > theorist > [noun] > violent disturbance
catastrophist1837
cataclysmatist1855
convulsionist1880
cataclysmist1887
catastrophizer1902
1855 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea xv. §645 It is manifest, say the cataclysmatists, that though the two hemispheres do receive annually the same amount of solar heat, etc.
Derivatives
cataclyˈsmatic adj. = cataclysmal adj.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [adjective]
paroxysmal1829
catastrophic1837
cataclysmic1851
cataclysmal1861
cataclystic1864
catastrophical1876
cataclysmatic1883
1883 H. C. Merivale White Pilgr., Häckel Fast dying out are man's later appearances, Cataclysmatic geologies gone.
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