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Catastrophism
Ca-tas′tro-phism
,Noun.
(Geol.)
The doctrine that the geological changes in the earth’s crust have been caused by the sudden action of violent physical causes; – opposed to the doctrine of
uniformism
. Definition 2024
catastrophism
catastrophism
English
Noun
catastrophism (countable and uncountable, plural catastrophisms)
- (geology) The doctrine that sudden catastrophes, rather than continuous change, cause the main features of the Earth's crust