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catastrophism

scientific theory following which the Earth has largely been shaped by sudden, short-lived, violent events, possibly worldwide in scope
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catastrophism

Summary

catastrophism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (162 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • catastrophism's subclass of is recorded as theory[2].
  • catastrophism's opposite of is recorded as gradualism[3].
  • catastrophism's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/017mhg[4].
  • catastrophism's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0089441[5].
  • catastrophism's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[6].
  • catastrophism's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/catastrophism-geology[7].
  • catastrophism's BBC Things ID is recorded as 738bdcc3-3c46-4a78-997d-52b4314a34f9[8].
  • catastrophism's Quora topic ID is recorded as Catastrophism[9].
  • catastrophism's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as catastrophism[10].
  • catastrophism's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 4630608[11].
  • catastrophism's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as catastrofisme[12].
  • catastrophism's Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID is recorded as 97046[13].

Why It Matters

catastrophism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (162 views/month).[1] catastrophism has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] catastrophism is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Immanuel Velikovsky

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · Robby · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Q55922866
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5
    Opposite of → gradualism
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P910]]: [[Q55922866]]"
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