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Noun: catastrophism  ku'tas-tru,fi-zum
  1. (geology, dated) the doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crust have been caused by the sudden action of violent physical causes - opposed to uniformitarianism

Derived forms: catastrophisms

Encyclopedia: Catastrophism

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