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/juːnɪfɔːmɪˈtɛːɹɪənɪzm/ · noun
(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..
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.
Use uniformitarianism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Uniformitarianism means (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..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include catastrophism, convulsionism.
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.
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