CATASTROPHISM Antonyms

• (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals

• (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations

• an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

• The belief that evolution proceeds at a steady pace, without the sudden development of new species or biological features from one generation to the next.

• (transferred sense) The belief that some phenomenon occurs gradually over a long period of time.

• The belief that change ought to be brought about in small, discrete increments rather than in abrupt strokes such as revolutions or uprisings.

• (cosmology) the theory that the universe maintains a constant average density with matter created to fill the void left by galaxies that are receding from each other