Meaning Of The Word Catastrophism

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What's The Definition Of Catastrophism?

catastrophism in American English
the former theory that geologic changes are caused in general by sudden upheavals rather than gradually
noun: the doctrine that certain vast geological changes in the earth's history were caused by catastrophes rather than gradual evolutionary processes

catastrophism in British English
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

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