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Definition of Catastrophists
1. catastrophist [n] - See also: catastrophist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catastrophists
Literary usage of Catastrophists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1877)
"Suddenness, world-wide destructive- ness, are the characteristics of geological
changes, as believed in by orthodox catastrophists. ..."
2. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"Why, your disciples in a slow and creeping manner beat all the old catastrophists
who ever lived. You will live to be the great chief of the catastrophists. ..."
3. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1888)
"Why, your disciples in a slow and creeping manner beat all the old catastrophists
who ever lived. You will live to be the great chief of the catastrophists. ..."
4. Guild Socialism: An Historical and Critical Analysis by Niles Carpenter (1922)
"98 Again, they urged the "catastrophists" to "cease worrying about resolutions
and look to their ammunition''; and to join some such organization as the ..."
5. The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences: Founded Upon Their History by William Whewell (1847)
"... and catastrophists: the Method of Gradation seems to prove the doctrine of the
... it breaks down the distinction between them and the catastrophists. ..."
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