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"plutonism" has 3 syllables: plut-on-ism. It rhymes with putanism and teutonism, if that helps it stick.
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"Plutonism" has 3 syllables: plut · on · ism.
Plutonism: The old geological theory that the rocks forming the Earth were formed in fire by volcanic activity, with a continuing gradual process of weathering and erosion, then deposited on the sea bed, re-formed into layers of sedimentary rock by heat and pressure, and raised again.
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