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plutonist

noun
plu·​to·​nist | \ ˈplütᵊnə̇st\
plural -s

Definition of plutonist

: an adherent of the theory that the igneous rocks have solidified from magmas, some of them at great depth below the surface opposed to neptunist

History and Etymology for plutonist

plutonic + -ist

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