CATASTROPHISM

Etymology

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.

Antonym: uniformitarianism

(biology)

Coordinate terms

• anastrophism

Source: Wiktionary

Ca*tas"tro*phism, n. (Geol.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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