Uniformitarianism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /juːnɪfɔːmɪˈtɛːɹɪənɪzm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Uniformitarianism is a noun meaning (chiefly geology) The scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way and at the same rates that they operate today, and sometimes in the same way everywhere in the universe as well.
Meaning
(chiefly geology) The scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way and at the same rates that they operate today, and sometimes in the same way everywhere in the universe as well.
Example Sentences
There has been much puffy stuff written about whether Lyell's uniformitarianism permitted variations in intensity of causes, or whether he applied his logic in a consistent way, and whether he assumed indefinite stretches of geological time.
Antonyms for uniformitarianism
Common opposites include catastrophism, convulsionism.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include catastrophism, plutonism, paragenesis, geochrony, geologician, thermochronometry.
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