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catastrophism

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catastrophism has antonym uniformitarianism 2001-09-27 09:34:05.0
has definition Nineteenth-century hypothesis that depicted the many changes evinced by the geological record as having resulted from cataclysms occurring during a relatively brief period of history. has source: Ferris, T. 1988 Coming of Age in the Milky Way, Morrow, 2001-09-27 09:34:05.0
is a kind of doctrine

catastrophism	has antonym uniformitarianism
	has definition Nineteenth-century hypothesis that depicted the many changes evinced by the geological record as having resulted from cataclysms occurring during a relatively brief period of history.
	is a kind of doctrine