volcanistic

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adjective

Of, or related to volcanism.

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Meanings

adjectivevolcanistic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf, 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

From volcano + -istic.

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APA

volcanistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/volcanistic

MLA

“volcanistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/volcanistic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “volcanistic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/volcanistic.

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