CATASTROPHIST Antonyms

• a disputant who advocates reform

• being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme

• a person who takes a position in the political center

• not extreme

• marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

• preside over

• make less fast or intense

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• make less severe or harsh

• make less strong or intense; soften

• make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else

• a person disposed to take a favorable view of things

• of or relating to positivism

• someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes

• favoring or promoting progress

• (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases

• a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

• a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

• favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)

• gradually advancing in extent

• (of a card game or a dance) involving a series of sections for which the participants successively change place or relative position

• advancing in severity

• of or relating to or characteristic of rationalism

• someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes

• a disputant who advocates reform

• favoring or promoting reform (often by government action)