different between catastrophism vs catastrophist

English

Etymology

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

Noun

catastrophism (countable and uncountable, plural catastrophisms)

1. (geology) The doctrine that sudden catastrophes, rather than continuous change, cause the main features of the Earth's crust.

   Antonym: uniformitarianism

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3. The practice or tendency of catastrophizing, regarding bad things as catastrophic.
   • 2018, René Mauricio Barría, Cohort Studies in Health Sciences (?ISBN), page 55:

     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.

   • 2020, Carmen Ramírez-Maestre, Madelon Peters, John Andrew Sturgeon, Rocio de la Vega, Resilience Resources in Chronic Pain Patients The Path to Adaptation, Frontiers Media SA (?ISBN), page 29:

     However, we did not obtain significant relationships with pain catastrophizing. […] On the contrary, catastrophism is measured in a general context, with no motivational context, and without related situations where goals can compete.

Coordinate terms

• anastrophism

English

Etymology

From catastrophe +? -ist.

Adjective

catastrophist (comparative more catastrophist, superlative most catastrophist)

1. Of, having, or being a theory that explains a situation by positing one or more catastrophic events, as opposed to gradual changes.

Antonyms

• (of a theory positing catastrophes): gradualist

Noun

catastrophist (plural catastrophists)

1. A catastrophist person: a person who subscribes to a catastrophist theory.

Antonyms

• (a catastrophist person): gradualist

Related terms

• catastrophism