Neptunist

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A proponent of Neptunism.

    "The opposing Neptunists, who counted Goethe among their number, believed that the Earth was originally covered in ocean, and that all rocks originated as deposits on the floors of ancient seas."

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neptuniansailor

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"The opposing Neptunists, who counted Goethe among their number, believed that the Earth was originally covered in ocean, and that all rocks originated as deposits on the floors of ancient seas."

Etymology

From Neptune + -ist.

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