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单词 punctuationist
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punctuationistn.adj.

Brit. /ˌpʌŋ(k)tʃʊˈeɪʃn̩ɪst/, /ˌpʌŋ(k)tjʊˈeɪʃn̩ɪst/, /ˌpʌŋ(k)tʃʊˈeɪʃənɪst/, /ˌpʌŋ(k)tjʊˈeɪʃənɪst/, U.S. /ˌpəŋ(k)(t)ʃəˈweɪʃənəst/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: punctuation n., -ist suffix.
Etymology: < punctuation n. + -ist suffix. With sense A. 1 compare earlier punctuator n.With sense A. 2 compare slightly earlier punctuationism n. and punctuationalist n. at punctuational adj. Derivatives.
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. 25/3Punctuationists’—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).
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n.adj.1871
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