catastrophism

[ kuh-tas-truh-fiz-uhm ]

/ kəˈtæs trəˌfɪz əm /

noun Geology.

the doctrine that certain vast geological changes in the earth's history were caused by catastrophes rather than gradual evolutionary processes.

Origin of catastrophism

First recorded in 1865–70; catastrophe + -ism

OTHER WORDS FROM catastrophism

ca·tas·tro·phist, noun

Words nearby catastrophism

catastasis, catastrophe, catastrophe theory, catastrophic, catastrophic reaction, catastrophism, catastrophize, catatonia, catatonic, catatonic rigidity, catatonic schizophrenia

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Example sentences from the Web for catastrophism

On first thought it might seem that such lawless movement was rather in keeping with catastrophism than uniformitarianism.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1900|Various
Catastrophism and uniformitarianism are opposite extremes which must be combined and reconciled.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1900|Various
But, in revulsion from the previous idea of catastrophism, it undoubtedly was pushed much too far.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1900|Various
This view is a complete reconciliation of catastrophism and uniformitarianism, and is far more rational than either extreme.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 56, March 1900|Various

Catastrophism, a short-sighted teleology, and a still more short-sighted orthodoxy, joined forces to crush evolution.
The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century|T.H. (Thomas Henry) Huxley

British Dictionary definitions for catastrophism

catastrophism

/ (kəˈtæstrəˌfɪzəm) /

noun

an old doctrine, now discarded, that the earth was created and has subsequently been shaped by sudden divine acts which have no logical connection with each other rather than by gradual evolutionary processes

Also called: neo-catastrophism a modern doctrine that the gradual evolutionary processes shaping the earth have been supplemented in the past by the effects of huge natural catastrophesCompare uniformitarianism, gradualism (def. 2)

Derived forms of catastrophism

catastrophist, noun

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Cultural definitions for catastrophism

catastrophism

[ (kuh-tas-truh-fiz-uhm) ]

A theory holding that changes in the Earth take place swiftly and irreversibly. (Contrast gradualism.)

notes for catastrophism

A belief in Noah's flood is one version of catastrophism.

单词	catastrophism
释义	catastrophism [ kuh-tas-truh-fiz-uhm ] / kəˈtæs trəˌfɪz əm / noun Geology. the doctrine that certain vast geological changes in the earth's history were caused by catastrophes rather than gradual evolutionary processes. Origin of catastrophism First recorded in 1865–70; catastrophe + -ism OTHER WORDS FROM catastrophism ca·tas·tro·phist, noun Words nearby catastrophism catastasis, catastrophe, catastrophe theory, catastrophic, catastrophic reaction, catastrophism, catastrophize, catatonia, catatonic, catatonic rigidity, catatonic schizophrenia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for catastrophism On first thought it might seem that such lawless movement was rather in keeping with catastrophism than uniformitarianism. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1900\|Various Catastrophism and uniformitarianism are opposite extremes which must be combined and reconciled. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1900\|Various But, in revulsion from the previous idea of catastrophism, it undoubtedly was pushed much too far. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1900\|Various This view is a complete reconciliation of catastrophism and uniformitarianism, and is far more rational than either extreme. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 56, March 1900\|Various Catastrophism, a short-sighted teleology, and a still more short-sighted orthodoxy, joined forces to crush evolution. The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century\|T.H. (Thomas Henry) Huxley British Dictionary definitions for catastrophism catastrophism / (kəˈtæstrəˌfɪzəm) / noun an old doctrine, now discarded, that the earth was created and has subsequently been shaped by sudden divine acts which have no logical connection with each other rather than by gradual evolutionary processes Also called: neo-catastrophism a modern doctrine that the gradual evolutionary processes shaping the earth have been supplemented in the past by the effects of huge natural catastrophesCompare uniformitarianism, gradualism (def. 2) Derived forms of catastrophism catastrophist, noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for catastrophism catastrophism [ (kuh-tas-truh-fiz-uhm) ] A theory holding that changes in the Earth take place swiftly and irreversibly. (Contrast gradualism.) notes for catastrophism A belief in Noah's flood is one version of catastrophism. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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