self-organization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A process of attraction and repulsion in which the internal organization of a system, normally an open system, increases in complexity without being guided or managed by an outside source.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

self-organization

Etymology

From self- + organization.

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