English Explanatory Dictionary

chaosmos

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The world, viewed as a fusion of order and disorder.
  2. The world, viewed as a meaningless assemblage of infinite perspectives.

Word forms

chaosmos

Etymology

Blend of chaos + cosmos. Coined by Irish novelist and poet James Joyce his in 1939 novel Finnegans Wake.

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