CATASTA | • catasta n. (Historical) A platform for exhibiting slaves for sale. • catasta n. (Historical) A stage or place for torture. • CATASTA n. (Latin) a scaffold or stage for torture or selling slaves. |
CATASTAS | • CATASTA n. (Latin) a scaffold or stage for torture or selling slaves. |
CATASTASES | • catastases n. Plural of catastasis. • CATASTASIS n. the part of drama where action is at its height. |
CATASTASIS | • catastasis n. In classical drama, the third and penultimate section, in which action is heightened for the catastrophe. • catastasis n. (Rhetoric) The part of a speech that states the subject to be discussed. • CATASTASIS n. the part of drama where action is at its height. |
CATASTROPHE | • catastrophe n. Any large and disastrous event of great significance. • catastrophe n. (Insurance) A disaster beyond expectations. • catastrophe n. (Narratology) The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement. |
CATASTROPHES | • catastrophes n. Plural of catastrophe. • catastrophes n. Plural of catastrophë. • CATASTROPHE n. the final event of the dramatic action esp. of a tragedy. |
CATASTROPHIC | • catastrophic adj. Of or pertaining to a catastrophe. • catastrophic adj. Disastrous; ruinous. • catastrophic adj. From which recovery is impossible. |
APOCATASTASES | • apocatastases n. Plural of apocatastasis. • APOCATASTASIS n. the state of being restored to a previous condition, esp. the final restitution of all things at the appearance of the Messiah. |
APOCATASTASIS | • apocatastasis n. (Rare) restoration, renovation, reestablishment, particularly… • APOCATASTASIS n. the state of being restored to a previous condition, esp. the final restitution of all things at the appearance of the Messiah. |
CATASTROPHISM | • catastrophism n. (Geology) The doctrine that sudden catastrophes, rather than continuous change, cause the main features… • catastrophism n. (Biology) The doctrine that, in addition to the more gradual effects of evolution, huge catastrophic… • catastrophism n. The practice or tendency of catastrophizing, regarding bad things as catastrophic. |
CATASTROPHIST | • catastrophist adj. Of, having, or being a theory that explains a situation by positing one or more catastrophic events… • catastrophist n. A catastrophist person: a person who subscribes to a catastrophist theory. • CATASTROPHIST n. a believer in catastrophism. |
CATASTROPHISMS | • catastrophisms n. Plural of catastrophism. • CATASTROPHISM n. belief in rapid geological and biological change. |
CATASTROPHISTS | • catastrophists n. Plural of catastrophist. • CATASTROPHIST n. a believer in catastrophism. |
ECOCATASTROPHE | • ecocatastrophe n. An ecological catastrophe, especially a man-made disaster that affects the environment. • ECOCATASTROPHE n. a major destructive upset in the balance of nature esp. when caused by the action of humans. |
ECOCATASTROPHES | • ecocatastrophes n. Plural of ecocatastrophe. • ECOCATASTROPHE n. a major destructive upset in the balance of nature esp. when caused by the action of humans. |