单词 | punctuationist |
释义 | punctuationistn.adj. A. n. 1. A person who inserts punctuation marks into text. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > one who inserts points or stops in writing punctuist1836 punctuator1846 punctuationist1871 1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue xii. 553 The line..may end in the middle of a phrase where the most lavish punctuationist could not bestow a comma. 2004 R. Marra Living Poems, Writing Lives viii. 117 Whether you believe that you're an accomplished or a poor punctuationist, visit your nearby bookshelf, bookstore or library and review the true nature of punctuation. 2. Chiefly Biology. A person who believes in or advocates the theory of punctuationism. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > theories > person holding theory > [noun] > of genetics or evolution transmutationist1844 progressionist1845 developist1846 developmentist1847 monogenist1857 polygenist1857 Darwinian1860 Darwinite1860 developmentarian1860 permutationist1860 developmentalist1862 monogenesist1862 polygenesist1862 Darwinist1864 evolutionist1866 natural selectionist1869 homogenist1874 derivationist1875 transformista1879 hereditarian1881 hereditist1885 derivatist1887 preformationist1888 fortuitist1890 Lamarckite1890 neo-Lamarckian1890 neo-Darwinist1891 vestigian1891 neo-Darwinian1892 selectionist1892 preformist1895 recapitulationist1897 transmissionist1899 Mendelian1903 mutationist1903 Weismannian1903 adaptationist1904 Mendelist1906 Lysenkoist1949 Morganist1950 Lamarckian1953 gradualist1970 macromutationist1975 punctuationalist1978 saltationist1978 punctuationist1980 1980 Science 21 Nov. 884/3 Even the most ardent punctuationists do not dismiss gradual change as a force in evolution. 1986 Observer 5 Oct. 25/3 ‘Punctuationists’—who argue that evolution characteristically occurs in short ‘bursts’ of tens of thousands of years, followed and preceded by long periods of ‘stasis’—are really only sophisticated gradualists. 2002 L. A. Witham Where Darwin meets Bible ii. 38 The punctuationists recognized abruptness at some levels of evolution. B. adj. Chiefly Biology. Relating to or designating the theory of punctuationism. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > theories > [adjective] > of genetics or evolution Lamarckian1846 Darwinian1859 Darwinite1860 polygenistic1860 vestigian1860 Darwinistic1863 monogenistic1865 un-Darwinian1869 pre-Darwinian1870 Darwinic1871 hereditarian1873 monogenetic1873 pangenetic1875 phylogenic1875 evolutionistic1876 Darwinical1881 neo-Lamarckian1884 Darwinizing1886 neo-Darwinian1888 unigenist1896 Haeckelian1897 pangenic1900 Mendelian1902 monogenic1902 pre-Mendelian1902 Weismannian1903 autonomistic1904 adaptionist1915 adaptationist1931 gradualist1931 selectionist1944 Morganist1949 saltationist1954 punctuational1976 punctuationalist1978 punctuationist1979 1979 R. Dawkins & J. R. Krebs in Proc. Royal Soc. B. 205 492 Although for convenience we shall normally use ‘gradualistic’ language, much of what we say could be rephrased in ‘punctuationist’ terms. 1981 Nature 1 Jan. 13/1 One study..which does support the punctuationist view is that of Williamson on 21 species of fresh-water molluscs in the lake Turkana region of Africa. 2003 Jrnl. Anthropol. Archaeol. 22 335/2 In advancing a punctuationist model for Inka expansion, Rowe..made two critical assumptions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1871 |
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