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Catastrophism meaning

  1. The doctrine that sudden catastrophes, rather than continuous change, cause the main features of the Earth's crust.
  2. The doctrine that, in addition to the more gradual effects of evolution, huge catastrophic events shape the earth's flora and fauna by causing major die-offs which make way for the emergence of new organisms.
  3. The practice or tendency of catastrophizing, regarding bad things as catastrophic.

Using Catastrophism

  • The main meaning on this page is: The doctrine that sudden catastrophes, rather than continuous change, cause the main features of the Earth's crust. | The doctrine that, in addition to the more gradual effects of evolution, huge catastrophic events shape the earth's flora and fauna by causing major die-offs which make way for the emergence of new organisms. | The practice or tendency of catastrophizing, regarding bad things as catastrophic.

Context around Catastrophism

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Catastrophism

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

catastrophism was favoured 1× idea and catastrophism for the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

catastrophism was favoured 1× the terms uniformitarianism 1×

Common sentence endings:

lyell s book 1× old earth creationism 1×

Words around Catastrophism

Just before it in the word index:

catastrophising 2 catastrophically 32 catastrophic 746 catastrophes 83 catastrophe 535 catasauqua 2

Just after it in the word index:

catastrophizing 4 catatonia 28 catatonic 21 catatumbo 4 catawba 53 catazaro 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Catastrophism

  • In this selection, "catastrophism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include catastrophism was favoured and idea and catastrophism for the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "catastrophism" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with catastrophism

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The terms uniformitarianism for this idea, and catastrophism for the opposing viewpoint, were coined by William Whewell in a review of Lyell's book. (24 words)

Catastrophism was favoured in England as supporting the biblical flood, but this was found to be untenable and by 1850 all geologists and most Evangelical Christians had adopted various forms of old Earth creationism. (34 words)

Longer example sentences

Catastrophism was favoured in England as supporting the biblical flood, but this was found to be untenable and by 1850 all geologists and most Evangelical Christians had adopted various forms of old Earth creationism. (34 words)

The terms uniformitarianism for this idea, and catastrophism for the opposing viewpoint, were coined by William Whewell in a review of Lyell's book. (24 words)

Example sentences (2)

Catastrophism was favoured in England as supporting the biblical flood, but this was found to be untenable and by 1850 all geologists and most Evangelical Christians had adopted various forms of old Earth creationism.

The terms uniformitarianism for this idea, and catastrophism for the opposing viewpoint, were coined by William Whewell in a review of Lyell's book.

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How do you use "catastrophism" in a sentence?
An example: "Catastrophism was favoured in England as supporting the biblical flood, but this was found to be untenable and by 1850 all geologists and most Evangelical Christians had adopted various forms of old Earth creationism." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "catastrophism" from authentic English texts.
What does "catastrophism" mean?
Catastrophism means: The doctrine that sudden catastrophes, rather than continuous change, cause the main features of the Earth's crust.
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