catastrophism

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The doctrine that sudden catastrophes, rather than continuous change, cause the main features of the Earth's crust. countable,uncountable
  2. The doctrine that, in addition to the more gradual effects of evolution, huge catastrophic events shape the earth's flora and fauna by causing major die-offs which make way for the emergence of new organisms. countable,uncountable
  3. The practice or tendency of catastrophizing, regarding bad things as catastrophic. countable,uncountable
    — 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.

词形变化

catastrophisms plural

词汇关系

衍生词
neocatastrophism
相关词
catastrophist
并列词
anastrophism

词源

From catastrophe + -ism, coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1837.
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