catastrofismo
Spanish, noun/katastɾoˈfismo/
catastrofismo is spelled C-A-T-A-S-T-R-O-F-I-S-M-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 152,151st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Catastrofismo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “catastrophism, alarmism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Teoría que establece las causas de los mayores cambios geológicos y biológicos en catástrofes naturales”.
What does catastrofismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecatastrophism, alarmism
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Teoría que establece las causas de los mayores cambios geológicos y biológicos en catástrofes naturales. 2. La postura de quien avisa o pronostica catástrofes.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of catastrofismo
- catastrofismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catastrofismo?
- /katastɾoˈfismo/
- [ka.t̪as.t̪ɾoˈfiz.mo]
- [kat̪ast̪ɾoˈfismo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is catastrofismo in Spanish?
catastrofismo appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).