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uniformitarian
[ yoo-nuh-fawr-mi-tair-ee-uhn ]
adjective
- supporting, conforming to, or derived from a theory or doctrine about uniformity, especially on the subject of geology.
- Geology. of or relating to the thesis that processes that operated in the remote geological past are not different from those observed now.
noun
- a person who accepts or supports a uniformitarian theory.
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Other Words From
- uni·formi·tari·an·ism noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of uniformitarian1
First recorded in 1830–40; uniformit(y) + -arian
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Example Sentences
The uniformitarian teaching which Lyell deduced from geological observation had gained acceptance.
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This is the uniformitarian view, and is undoubtedly far truer than the catastrophic.
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A few, like MacCulloch, undervalued palæontological research, and thus were doubly prejudiced against the uniformitarian views.
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And here Lamarck, in spite of his uniformitarian principles, is strongly cataclysmic.
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In all this, of course, I am considering the question from the common uniformitarian standpoint.
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