nonuniformitarian

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nonuniformitarian - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nonuniformist \Non*u"ni*form`ist\, n.
     One who believes that past changes in the structure of the
     earth have proceeded from cataclysms or causes more violent
     than are now operating; -- called also nonuniformitarian.
     [1913 Webster]