Relating to or characteristic of gradualism; favoring gradual change or evolution rather than sudden transformation.
From 'gradualist' plus adjectival suffix '-ic'. This adjective form allows the concept to modify nouns in academic and political discourse.
Evolutionary biologists use 'gradualistic' to describe species changing slowly over millions of years—but Darwin's evidence actually showed both gradualistic change AND sudden jumps, which scientists are still debating today!
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