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paroxysmist Geol.|ˈpærəksɪzmɪst| [f. as prec. + -ist.] One who attributes certain phenomena to paroxysms or sudden and violent natural convulsions; a catastrophist.
1865Lubbock Preh. Times xi. 357 The argument of the Paroxysmist would probably be something like the following. |