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punctualism

noun

Etymology

From punctual + -ism.

  1. derived from pūnctus
  2. borrowed from pūnctuālis
  3. suffixed as punctualism — “punctual + ism”

Definitions

  1. A musical style, prevalent in Europe in the mid-20th century, based around separate tones…

    A musical style, prevalent in Europe in the mid-20th century, based around separate tones rather than overarching compositional structures.

  2. The view that there is no ongoing individual person but rather a series of experiences.

  3. The belief that evolution takes place in sudden jumps.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA