单词	catastrophism
释义	catastrophism noun ca·​tas·​tro·​phism kə-ˈta-strə-ˌfi-zəm  : a geologic doctrine that changes in the earth's crust have in the past been brought about suddenly by physical forces operating in ways that cannot be observed today compare uniformitarianism catastrophist kə-ˈta-strə-fist  noun Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The geological theory known as catastrophism postulated that major features such as the Grand Canyon, Himalayas, etc. Mano Singham, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2021 There had been a paranoid catastrophism to much of the right since The Road to Serfdom. Zachary D. Carter, The New Republic, 17 June 2021 Here Yglesias argues that environmentalist catastrophism is simply wrong on the facts, while Green New Deal–style radicalism is a policy nonstarter. Razib Khan, National Review, 12 Sep. 2020 There’s something indulgent, even weirdly complacent, in the basement catastrophism of these dudes. James Parker, The Atlantic, 5 May 2018 There would always be in his work an element of catastrophism, a doomed sense of the horrors to come. Edward Hirsch, New Republic, 30 June 2017 Word History First Known Use 1869, in the meaning defined above
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