Chaosmos
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The world, viewed as a fusion of order and disorder. uncountable
"This chapter analyses the elements that characterize Eco's tension between order and disorder, between cosmos and chaos, and that bring him to find a middle theory that characterizes his chaosmos."
- 2 The world, viewed as a meaningless assemblage of infinite perspectives. uncountable
"For me, there is nothing outside the chaosmos. However, that does not mean that the chaosmos is unified, totalized, or complete."
Example
More examples"This chapter analyses the elements that characterize Eco's tension between order and disorder, between cosmos and chaos, and that bring him to find a middle theory that characterizes his chaosmos."
Etymology
Blend of chaos + cosmos. Coined by Irish novelist and poet James Joyce his in 1939 novel Finnegans Wake.
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