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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(geology) The doctrine that sudden catastrophes, rather than continuous change, cause the main features of the Earth's crust..
A therapeutic programme based on pain education showed significant improvements regarding pain intensity, disability, catastrophism, depression, anxiety and health, with few positive results on anguish and cognition.
However, we did not obtain significant relationships with pain catastrophizing. […] On the contrary, catastrophism is measured in a general context, with no motivational context, and without related situations where goals can compete.
Use catastrophism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Catastrophism means (geology) The doctrine that sudden catastrophes, rather than continuous change, cause the main features of the Earth's crust..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include uniformitarianism.
A therapeutic programme based on pain education showed significant improvements regarding pain intensity, disability, catastrophism, depression, anxiety and health, with few positive results on anguish and cognition.
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