uniformitarian

uni·formi·tar·ian

of or holding the doctrine of uniformitarianism
of or adhering to uniformity in something

a person who adheres to some doctrine of uniformity

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Noun

(plural uniformitarians)

One who accepts uniformitarianism, or the uniformitarian doctrine.

Adjective

(comparative more uniformitarian, superlative most uniformitarian)

Of, pertaining to, or designating, the view or doctrine that existing causes, acting in the same manner and with essentially the same intensity as at the present time, are sufficient to account for all geological changes.

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One of his earliest papers dealt with the age of the earth, and brought him into collision with the geologists of the Uniformitarian school, who were claiming thousands of millions of years for the formation of the stratified portions of the earth's crust.

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