"catastrophist" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more catastrophist [comparative], most catastrophist [superlative]
Etymology: From catastrophe + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|catastrophe|ist}} catastrophe + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj}} catastrophist (comparative more catastrophist, superlative most catastrophist)
  1. Of, having, or being a theory that explains a situation by positing one or more catastrophic events, as opposed to gradual changes.
    Sense id: en-catastrophist-en-adj-G9pZxjNQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 79 21

Noun

Forms: catastrophists [plural]
Etymology: From catastrophe + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|catastrophe|ist}} catastrophe + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} catastrophist (plural catastrophists)
  1. A catastrophist person: a person who subscribes to a catastrophist theory. Categories (topical): People Related terms: catastrophism
    Sense id: en-catastrophist-en-noun-jXe-MdmZ Disambiguation of People: 18 82

Inflected forms

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