punctuationism
Meanings
noun
- In evolutionary biology, belief that evolution does not proceed at a steady pace, but instead is characterized by periods of stasis, punctuated by brief (within several hundred-thousand years) periods of rapid change.
Word forms
Etymology
From punctuation + -ism.
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