Usually means: Uplift or subsidence of continents.
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  5. epeirogeny: Wiktionary
  6. epeirogeny: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  8. epeirogeny: Dictionary.com
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▸ noun:  (geomorphology) Broad regional upwarp of the cratonic portions of continents.

Similar:
epeirogenesis, orogeny, orogenesis, telogenesis, orogen, cratonic sequence, archicontinent, protocontinent, metacraton, orogenous zone, more...

Opposite:
orogeny, mountain-building

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Similar:
epeirogenesis, orogeny, orogenesis, telogenesis, orogen, cratonic sequence, archicontinent, protocontinent, metacraton, orogenous zone, more...

Opposite:
orogeny, mountain-building



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