catastrophism
English
noun
Definitions
- (geology) The doctrine that sudden catastrophes, rather than continuous change, cause the main features of the Earth's crust.
- (biology)
- The practice or tendency of catastrophizing, regarding bad things as catastrophic.
Etymology
Affix from English catastrophe.
Origin
English
catastrophe
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- catastrophal English
- catastrophe English
- catastrophic English
- catastrophin English
- catastrophist English
- catastrophize English
- ecocatastrophe English
- eucatastrophe English
- neocatastrophism English
- oxygen catastrophe English
- καταστροφή Ancient Greek
- カタストロフィ Japanese