chaos
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/ˈkeɪ.ɒs/
English
Definitions
noun
- The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
- Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.“After the earthquake, the local hospital was in chaos”
- A behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.
- One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to law.
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Synonyms
bedlamtopsy-turvynesstopsy-turvydompandemoniummayhemdisarraymix-updisordermesssnafumuddleturmoilconfusionmessyfiascodisturbance