Punctuationism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Punctuationism is a noun meaning (politics) 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.
Meaning
(politics) 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.
Example Sentences
Gould has misled himself by his own rhetorical emphasis on the purely poetic or literary resemblance between punctuationism, on the one hand, and true saltationism on the other.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gradualism, saltationism, macromutationism, evolutionism, palingenesis, progressionist.
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