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diluvianist

diluvianist is the alternative form 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

Forms of diluvianist

pluraldiluvianists

Origin of diluvianist

From diluvian + -ist.

Questions about diluvianist

What is diluvianist the alternative form of?
Diluvianist is the alternative form of diluvialist.

Words near diluvianist in the dictionary

  1. diluvialism
  2. diluvialist
  3. diluvialists
  4. diluvian
  5. diluvianism
  6. diluvianist
  7. diluvianists
  8. diluviate
  9. diluviated
  10. diluviates
  11. diluviating

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