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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Geol.) The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to
uniformitarianism , but also used, more broadly, as opposed tocatastrophism .
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- noun geology The
doctrine ofuniformity in thegeological history of theEarth ; in part equivalent touniformitarianism , but also used, more broadly, as opposed tocatastrophism .
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Examples
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Evolution used to have two main theories: uniformism inherited from Darwinism and catastrophism handed down from Biblical stories but as well as from some geological evidence.
Elitism Continued 2004
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Evolution used to have two main theories: uniformism inherited from Darwinism and catastrophism handed down from Biblical stories but as well as from some geological evidence.
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Evolution used to have two main theories: uniformism inherited from Darwinism and catastrophism handed down from Biblical stories but as well as from some geological evidence.
Archive 2004-07-01 2004
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Evolution used to have two main theories: uniformism inherited from Darwinism and catastrophism handed down from Biblical stories but as well as from some geological evidence.
Movie Reviews 2004
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Evolution used to have two main theories: uniformism inherited from Darwinism and catastrophism handed down from Biblical stories but as well as from some geological evidence.
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I call this defense so prevalent in American youth ‘uniformism’ pp.
Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986
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