English
punctuationism
From punctuation + -ism.
A compound of punctuation + -ism
Latin pūnctus
Medieval Latin punctuō ‘to mark with points, settle’
Medieval Latin punctuātiō ‘a marking with points, a writing, agreement’
English punctuation
Today it means
noun 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.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / punctuationism