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Meaning of "catastrophist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CATASTROPHIST

catastrophist  [kəˈtæstrəfɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CATASTROPHIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Catastrophist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CATASTROPHIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

catastrophist

Catastrophism

Catastrophism is the theory that the Earth has been affected in the past by sudden, short-lived, violent events, possibly worldwide in scope. This was in contrast to uniformitarianism, in which slow incremental changes, such as erosion, created all the Earth's geological features. Uniformitarianism held that the present is the key to the past, and that all things continued as they were from the indefinite past. Since the early disputes, a more inclusive and integrated view of geologic events has developed, in which the scientific consensus accepts that there were some catastrophic events in the geologic past, but these were explicable as extreme examples of natural processes which can occur. Catastrophism held that geological epochs had ended with violent and sudden natural catastrophes such as great floods and the rapid formation of major mountain chains. Plants and animals living in the parts of the world where such events occurred were killed off, being 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.

Definition of catastrophist in the English dictionary

The definition of catastrophist in the dictionary is a person who ascribes to an old doctrine, now discarded, that the earth was created and has subsequently been shaped by sudden divine acts which have no logical connection with each other rather than by gradual evolutionary processes. Other definition of catastrophist is a person who ascribes to a modern doctrine that the gradual evolutionary processes shaping the earth have been supplemented in the past by the effects of huge natural catastrophes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CATASTROPHIST


calligraphist
kəˈlɪɡrəfɪst
cerographist
sɪəˈrɒɡrəfɪst
chalcographist
kælˈkɒɡrəfɪst
cosmographist
kɒzˈmɒɡrəfɪst
demographist
dɪˈmɒɡrəfɪst
epigraphist
ɪˈpɪɡrəfɪst
hagiographist
ˌhæɡɪˈɒɡrəfɪst
metallographist
ˌmɛtəˈlɒɡrəfɪst
monographist
mɒˈnɒɡrəfɪst
myographist
ˌmaɪˈɒɡrəfɪst
organographist
ˌɔːɡəˈnɒɡrəfɪst
orthographist
ɔːˈθɒɡrəfɪst
palaeographist
ˌpælɪˈɒɡrəfɪst
photographist
fəˈtɒɡrəfɪst
selenographist
ˌsiːlɪˈnɒɡrəfɪst
steganographist
ˌsteɡəˈnɒɡrəfɪst
stenographist
steˈnɒɡrəfɪst
stratigraphist
strəˈtɪɡrəfɪst
telegraphist
tɪˈlɛɡrəfɪst
uranographist
ˌjʊərəˈnɒɡrəfɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CATASTROPHIST

catapultic
catapultier
cataract
cataractous
catarhine
catarrh
catarrhal
catarrhally
catarrhine
catarrhous
catasta
catastasis
catastrophe
catastrophe theory
catastrophic
catastrophically
catastrophism
catatonia
catatonic
catatonically

WORDS THAT END LIKE CATASTROPHIST

anthropomorphist
anthroposophist
chirographist
cryptographist
deipnosophist
epitaphist
gymnosophist
hieroglyphist
hist
metamorphist
pansophist
paragraphist
philosophist
phonographist
polygraphist
sapphist
sophist
theosophist
typographist
zoographist

Synonyms and antonyms of catastrophist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «catastrophist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CATASTROPHIST

Find out the translation of catastrophist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of catastrophist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «catastrophist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

灾异
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

catastrofista
570 millions of speakers

English

catastrophist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उत्क्रान्तिवादी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

و catastrophist
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

catastrophist
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

catastrofista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

catastrophist
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

catastrophiste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Malapetaka
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Catastrophist
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

catastrophist
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

격변
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Catastrophist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

catastrophist
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

catastrophist
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आपत्तिमय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

catastrophist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

catastrofista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

katastrofistą
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

catastrophist
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

catastrofistă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

catastrophist
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

catastrophist
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

catastrophist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

catastrophist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of catastrophist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CATASTROPHIST»

The term «catastrophist» is used very little and occupies the 156.984 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CATASTROPHIST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «catastrophist» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «catastrophist» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about catastrophist

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CATASTROPHIST»

Discover the use of catastrophist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to catastrophist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Catastrophist: A Novel
The Catastrophist is a brilliant, highly acclaimed novel of love, passion, violence, and desire, set in the Belgian Congo in 1959.
Ronan Bennett, 2001
2
The Catastrophist
Razor sharp and riotously funny, ""The Catastrophist"" charts the rise, fall, and partial rebound of an ambivalent but endearing Everyman. "The book's descriptions are both punchy and zany, its dialogue funny and smart.
Lawrence Douglas, 2007
3
Theoretical Interpretations of the Holocaust
Eight. LYOTARD'S. AND. DERRIDA'S. "CATASTROPHIST. PHENOMENOLOGY'. Michal. Ben-Naftali. 1. Introduction The French postmodernist intellectual scene has been a focus of intense discussion over the last four decades. Examining its  ...
Dan Stone, 2001
4
Catastrophism: Asteroids, Comets and Other Dynamic Events in ...
Examines both the catastrophist and uniformitarian systems of Earth history which differ on the uniformity of rate and of state
‎1997
5
Time's Arrow, Time's Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the ...
The first two comments record just what we would expect from a catastrophist opponent. Agassiz first discusses the range in variation among modern causes, arguing by implication that Lyell had erred in ascribing large-scale events of the past ...
Stephen Jay Gould, 1987
6
Black and White
Slavery he regarded as a school — mostly successful — for civilizing savages.8 According to what might be called the catastrophist school of American sociological thought, African-Americans, alone among all of the peoples that made up the ...
Ownby, Ted
7
Paradox and Society: The Work of Bernard Mandeville
In his still very stimulating work on the modern writing of history, Fueter in effect indicates how a well conceived modern historiography could not arise until pragmatistic and catastrophist orientations had been given up or integrated into a new ...
Louis Schneider
8
Plate Tectonics: A Different View
Therefore, a concise analysis of more voluminous evidence for and against uniformitarian PT can be used as a shortcut to assess the credibility of Catastrophic Plate Tectonics (CPT).
John K. Reed, 2001
9
Arktos: The Polar Myth in Science, Symbolism, and Nazi Survival
The two main schools of thought on this matter parallel those of geology. One, the catastrophist school, believes that at some time in prehistory, though not necessarily beyond the memory of mankind, a cataclysmic event took place that tilted ...
Joscelyn Godwin, 1996
10
History of Scientific Ideas Being the First Part of the ...
Each new fact adduced by the catastrophist is at first striking and apparently convincing; but as it becomes familiar, it strikes the imagination less powerfully; and the uniformitarian, constantly labouring to produce some imitation of it by the  ...
‎1858

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CATASTROPHIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term catastrophist is used in the context of the following news items.
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Women's World Cup reminds us what football should be about
... end of his new memoir, Confessions of a Catastrophist, when he confesses that his thoughts these days are "more Daily Mail than Guardian". «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
The Laudato Si Hijacking
So there's a good argument for what Douthat calls the “catastrophist” case – just as there is a good counter-argument for the “dynamist” position ... «Swarajya, Jun 15»
3
Why Are So Many Pundits Trashing the Pope?
Ross Douthat quickly denounced Francis as a "catastrophist" who thinks humanity's recent technological achievements are a "500-year mistake ... «RollingStone.com, Jun 15»
4
Beyond the Real Time Catastrophe of Capital
Douthat puts Pope Francis in the “catastrophist” camp because of the pontiff's call for humanity to take climate change seriously by undertaking ... «CounterPunch, Jun 15»
5
Is Pope Francis Too Gloomy? Or Are Conservatives Just in Denial …
Ross Douthat of The New York Times considered it a catastrophist document, one that views "global civilization that for all its achievements is ... «The New Republic, Jun 15»
6
Ross Douthat: Pope Francis' call to action goes beyond the …
Indeed, perhaps our immediate future fits neither the dynamist nor the catastrophist framework. We might have entered a kind of stagnationist ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Jun 15»
7
Pope Francis' Call to Action Goes Beyond the Environment
Indeed, perhaps our immediate future fits neither the dynamist nor the catastrophist framework. We might have entered a kind of stagnationist ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
8
Getting Excited for a Book You'll Never Read
He added to the project's tone of optimism, claiming that, "The project is a vote of confidence that, despite the catastrophist shadows under ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
9
Hijacking the Anthropocene
In contrast to scientists they deem to be depressing, pessimistic, and catastrophist, they declared that the Anthropocene isn't a crisis, it's an ... «International Viewpoint, Jun 15»
10
Are Obama and the hard left of the devil?
With that background, let us address the question of whether Mr. Obama and the “gay”-promoting, catastrophist hard left are, to use St. John's ... «WND.com, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Catastrophist [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/catastrophist>. Apr 2024 ».
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