Definitions for uniformitarian

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uniformitarian u·ni·form·i·tar·i·an

Spelling: [yoo-nuh-fawr-mi-tair-ee-uh n]

IPA: /ˌyu nəˌfɔr mɪˈtɛər i ən/

Uniformitarian is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 817 anagrams from letters in uniformitarian (aafiiimnnorrtu).

Definitions for uniformitarian

adjective

1. supporting, conforming to, or derived from a theory or doctrine about uniformity, especially on the subject of geology.
2. Geology. of or relating to the thesis that processes that operated in the remote geological past are not different from those observed now.

noun

1. a person who accepts or supports a uniformitarian theory.

Origin of uniformitarian

First recorded in 1830-40; uniformit(y) + -arian

Examples for uniformitarian

This is the uniformitarian view, and is undoubtedly far truer than the catastrophic.

And here Lamarck, in spite of his uniformitarian principles, is strongly cataclysmic.

The uniformitarian teaching which Lyell deduced from geological observation had gained acceptance.

He was the forerunner of Lyell and of the uniformitarian school of geologists.

He was ignorant enough to think that the glacial epoch looked like a chasm between him and a uniformitarian world.

A few, like MacCulloch, undervalued palæontological research, and thus were doubly prejudiced against the uniformitarian views.

It has often been assumed that Lyell was led by the study of Hutton's works to adopt the uniformitarian' doctrines.