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| ca·tas·tro·phism [ kə tástrə fìzzəm ] |
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1. theory of geologic violence: a theory, now discredited, that the geologic features of Earth were formed by a series of sudden violent catastrophes rather than a gradual evolutionary process. A more recent version of this theory holds that the evolutionary process of geologic development has on occasions been supplemented by such catastrophes.
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2. pessimism: an outlook or attitude that foresees disaster as the only possible outcome of any action or situation
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