Definitions for catastrophist
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1. catastrophistnoun

   A catastrophist person: a person who subscribes to a catastrophist theory.

2. catastrophistadjective

   Of, having, or being a theory that explains a situation by positing one or more catastrophic events, as opposed to gradual changes.

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1. catastrophist

   In geology, catastrophism theorises that the Earth has largely been shaped by sudden, short-lived, violent events, possibly worldwide in scope. This contrasts with uniformitarianism (sometimes called gradualism), according to which slow incremental changes, such as erosion, brought about all the Earth's geological features. The proponents of uniformitarianism held that the present was "the key to the past", and that all geological processes (such as erosion) throughout the past resembled those that can be observed today. Since the 19th-century disputes between catastrophists and uniformitarians, a more inclusive and integrated view of geologic events has developed, in which the scientific consensus accepts that some catastrophic events occurred in the geologic past, but regards these as explicable as extreme examples of natural processes which can occur. Proponents of catastrophism proposed that each geological epoch ended with violent and sudden natural catastrophes such as major floods and the rapid formation of major mountain chains. Plants and animals living in the parts of the world where such events occurred became extinct, to be replaced abruptly by the new forms whose fossils defined the geological strata. Some catastrophists attempted to relate at least one such change to the Biblical account of Noah's flood. The French scientist Georges Cuvier (1769–1832) popularised the concept of catastrophism in the early 19th century; he proposed that new life-forms had moved in from other areas after local floods, and avoided religious or metaphysical speculation in his scientific writings.

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1. Catastrophistnoun

   one who holds the theory or catastrophism

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1. Alex

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   Daniel

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of catastrophist in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of catastrophist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Catastrophist
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catastrophist
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catastrophist