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- noun Plural form of
catastrophist .
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Examples
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Those who have followed Velikovsky are called catastrophists, so of course I feel threads of sympathy with them.
I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen Amy Wilentz 2006
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Those who have followed Velikovsky are called catastrophists, so of course I feel threads of sympathy with them.
I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen Amy Wilentz 2006
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I'm having immense difficulty saying 'catastrophists'.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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I'm having immense difficulty saying 'catastrophists'.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Prior to Lyell, most scientists were catastrophists, meaning they believed that changes in geological features were due to rapid forces, namely natural catastrophes.
Lyell, Charles 2009
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The catastrophists are saying that we can be easily led astray to do stupid things and become stupid.
Jeff Jarvis: The Distraction Trope Jeff Jarvis 2011
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In Divine Art, Infernal Machine, she takes us back to exact same arguments over the printing press among the "triumphalists" and the "catastrophists."
Jeff Jarvis: The Distraction Trope Jeff Jarvis 2011
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What are our catastrophists really saying when they argue that Twitter is ruining us and Western at least civilization?
Jeff Jarvis: The Distraction Trope Jeff Jarvis 2011
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The real debate over him in The Social Network and among privacy regulators and between catastrophists and triumphalists is about his motives.
Jeff Jarvis: The Distraction Trope Jeff Jarvis 2011
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The real debate over him in The Social Network and among privacy regulators and between catastrophists and triumphalists is about his motives.
Jeff Jarvis: The Distraction Trope Jeff Jarvis 2011
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