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Catastrophism

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Catastrophism \Ca*tas"tro*phism\, n. (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}.
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