CATASTROPHISM


Meaning of CATASTROPHISM in English

[ca.tas.tro.phism] n (1869): a geological doctrine that changes in the earth's crust have in the past been brought about suddenly by physical forces operating in ways that cannot be observed today--compare uniformitarianism -- ca.tas.tro.phist n

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