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