Definition of uniformitarian

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Uniformitarian (n.) One who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian doctrine..

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Uniformitarian :: Uniformitarian (n.) One who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian doctrine..
Uniformism :: Uniformism (n.) The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism..
Nonuniformist :: Nonuniformist (n.) One who believes that past changes in the structure of the earth have proceeded from cataclysms or causes more violent than are now operating; -- called also nonuniformitarian.
Uniformitarianism :: Uniformitarianism (n.) The uniformitarian doctrine.
Uniformitarian :: Uniformitarian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the view or doctrine that existing causes, acting in the same manner and with essentially the same intensity as at the present time, are sufficient to account for all geological changes..
Progressionist :: Progressionist (n.) One who maintains the doctrine of progression in organic forms; -- opposed to uniformitarian.
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