CATASTROPHISM


Meaning of CATASTROPHISM in English

— catastrophist , n.

/keuh tas"treuh fiz'euhm/ , n. Geol.

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

[ 1865-70; CATASTROPHE + -ISM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .