different between punctuationism vs punctuational

punctuationism

English

Etymology

punctuation +? -ism

Noun

punctuationism (uncountable)

  1. 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.

See also

  • gradualism
  • saltationism

Anagrams

  • mispunctuation

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punctuational

English

Etymology

From punctuation +? -al.

Adjective

punctuational (comparative more punctuational, superlative most punctuational)

  1. Pertaining to punctuation. [from 19th c.]
  2. (biology) Pertaining to punctuationism; taking place very rapidly, especially within a single generation or in a series of rapid steps. [from 20th c.]
    • 2011, Chris Stringer, The Origin of Our Species, Penguin 2012, p. 156:
      So how could such a critical thing as language evolve in humans, and was its evolution gradual or punctuational?

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