Word: punctuationism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: punc
tu
a
tio
ni
sm
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: punctuate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To add or to interrupt at regular intervals.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: punctuare
Language: ML.
Decoded: punctuare
Meaning: to mark with points
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of conditions or syndromes
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.