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punctualist en · NOUN

Etymology

From punctual + -ist.

Meanings

1. Someone very exact in observing forms and ceremonies.
   • I know Bilson hath deciphered us all the gallantries of signore and monsignore, and monsieur, as circumstantially as any punctualist of Castile, Naples, or Fountain-Bleau, could have done: […] 1642, John Milton, The Reason of Church-Government Urged against Prelaty, Book II, Ch. I:
2. A composer in the style of punctualism.
3. One who believes in punctualism (Buddhist view on individuality).
4. One who believes in punctualism (view on evolution).

Forms

Coordinates

gradualist