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diluvialists

diluvialists is the plural of diluvialist.

Meaning of diluvialist

Noun

diluvialist (plural diluvialists)

  1. (historical) One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge.
    • But the old diluvialists were induced by their system to confound all the groups of strata together instead of discriminating,—to refer all appearances to one cause and to one brief period, not to a variety of causes acting throughout a long succession of epochs.1830, Charles Lyell, Principles of Geology […] , volume I, London: John Murray, page 30

Noun capitalized: Diluvialists

Diluvialists

  1. (plural) plural of Diluvialist

Questions about diluvialists

What is diluvialists the plural of?
Diluvialists is the plural of diluvialist.
What part of speech is diluvialists?
Diluvialists is a noun.

Words near diluvialists in the dictionary

  1. dilutory
  2. diluvia
  3. diluvial
  4. diluvialism
  5. diluvialist
  6. diluvialists
  7. diluvian
  8. diluvianism
  9. diluvianist
  10. diluvianists
  11. diluviate

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