Catastrophism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Catastrophism \Ca*tas"tro*phism\, n. (Geol.)
     The doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crust
     have been caused by the sudden action of violent physical
     causes; -- opposed to the doctrine of {uniformism}.
     [1913 Webster]