//juːnɪfɔːmɪˈtɛːɹɪənɪzm//
Synonyms for "uniformitarianism"
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Bulgarian
1 entries - униформизъм noun (scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way that they operate today)
Finnish
1 entries - uniformitarianismi noun (scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way that they operate today)
French
2 entries - actualisme noun (scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way that they operate today)
- uniformitarisme noun (scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way that they operate today)
German
1 entries - Aktualismus noun (scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way that they operate today)
Irish
1 entries - aonfhoirmeachas noun (scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way that they operate today)
Italian
1 entries - attualismo noun (scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way that they operate today)
Polish
1 entries - aktualizm noun (scientific principle that natural laws and processes operated in the past in the same way that they operate today)
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There has been much puffy stuff written about whether Lyell's uniformitarianism permitted variations in intensity of causes, or whether he applied his logic in a consistent way, and whether he assumed indefinite stretches of geological time.
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