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volcanistic

volcanistic adjective: of, or related to volcanism.

Adjective

volcanistic (not comparable)

  1. Of, or related to volcanism.
    • The old volcanistic metaphor is especially apt: a thick, hard crust of earth, beneath which bubbles, hot liquid magma pressing for release above.2004, Howard F. Stein, Beneath the Crust of Culture: Psychoanalytic Anthropology and the Cultural

Origin of volcanistic

From volcano + -istic.

Questions about volcanistic

What does volcanistic mean?
Volcanistic means of, or related to volcanism.
What part of speech is volcanistic?
Volcanistic is an adjective.

Words near volcanistic in the dictionary

  1. volcanises
  2. volcanising
  3. volcanism
  4. volcanisms
  5. volcanist
  6. volcanistic
  7. volcanists
  8. volcanite
  9. volcanites
  10. volcanity
  11. volcanization

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