upheavaln.
/ʌpˈhiːvl/, U.S. /ˌəpˈhiv(ə)l/ 1.
a. Geology. The action of raising, or fact of being raised, above the original level, esp. by volcanic action.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > tectonization or diastrophism > [noun] > upheaval
ridging1499
upheaving1821
upthrow1833
upheaval1838
upheavement1841
uplifting1845
upthrust1846
uplift1853
upraisal1865
bradyseism1896
upwarping1954
updoming1964
1838 C. Lyell Man. Elem. Geol. v. 96 Very extensive regions..have been undergoing slow and gradual upheaval.
1862 G. P. Scrope Volcanos (ed. 2) 429 The upheaval of the latter strata.
1886 A. Winchell Walks & Talks in Geol. Field 112 This is the general plan of a mountain of upheaval.
b. An instance of this; an upward displacement of some part of the earth's crust.
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1849 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Geol. (1850) xvii. 675 Some of the upheavals the country has experienced, may have opened fissures.
1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) ii. 39 Upheavals and subsidences occasioned by..volcanic convulsions.
1897 E. W. B. Nicholson Golspie 252 These upheavals took place after..the great Ice Age.
c. In general use.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] > upward displacement of something
upheaval1890
1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. III. xxviii. 74 A volcanic upheaval of flame.
1908 S. E. White Riverman iv Constantly the logs shifted, and..the men shifted also, avoiding the upheavals.
2. figurative. A strong agitation or convulsion of society, etc.; a sudden or violent alteration.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [noun] > change
social revolution1795
upheaving1821
social change1822
world revolution1832
upheaval1850
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > sudden or complete change > [noun]
leapc1000
lope14..
revolution?a1439
reverse?1492
metamorphosis1548
transformation1581
earthquake1592
upside down1593
metamorphose1608
sea-changea1616
peritropea1656
transilience1657
transiliency1661
saltus1665
catastrophe1696
peristrophe1716
transiliency1769
upheaving1821
upset1822
saltation1844
shake1847
upheaval1850
cataclysm1861
shake-out1939
virage1989
1850 J. McCosh Method Divine Govt. ii. iii. 250 There have been times of upheaval in the moral world, similar to those periods which geologists describe.
1867 C. H. Pearson Hist. Eng. I. 89 It was a general upheaval of peoples.
1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 13 There had also been social upheavals before the Reformation.
Derivatives
upˈheavalist n. an advocate of the theory that geological changes are due to upheaval.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > theory of formation of earth > theorist > [noun] > upheaval
upheavalist1862
1862 G. P. Scrope Volcanos (ed. 2) 201 Lyell, in his..examination of the question, decided it against the upheavalists.
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