"punctuationist" meaning in All languages combined

See punctuationist on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: punctuationists [plural]
Etymology: From punctuation + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|punctuation|ist}} punctuation + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} punctuationist (plural punctuationists)
  1. (politics) In evolutionary biology, one who believes in punctuationism. Categories (topical): Politics Related terms: gradualist, saltationist

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1986, Richard Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker, W. W. Norton & Company, published 2015, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Since most of the life of a species, on the punctuationist view, is spent in unchanging stasis, and since a species has a discrete beginning and end, it follows that, to a punctuationist, a species can be said to have a definite, measurable ‘life span’.",
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        "(politics) In evolutionary biology, one who believes in punctuationism."
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