chaos
61CHAOS — (KAY.aws) acronym. Can t have anyone over syndrome; not inviting guests to one s house because it is too messy or cluttered. Example Citation: Just as computers and e mail have failed to render us a paperless society, living in a throwaway world… …
62chaos — [[t]ke͟ɪɒs[/t]] ♦♦♦ N UNCOUNT Chaos is a state of complete disorder and confusion. The world s first transatlantic balloon race ended in chaos last night... It is impossible to establish democracy amid economic chaos …
63chaos — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek more at gum Date: 15th century 1. obsolete chasm, abyss 2. a. often capitalized a state of things in which chance is supreme; especially the confused unorganized state of …
64Chaos — Anarchie, Durcheinander, Gewirr, Konfusion, Planlosigkeit, Tohuwabohu, Tumult, Unordnung, Verwirrung, Wirrwarr; (geh.): Wirrnis, Wirrsal; (bildungsspr.): Desorganisation, Hexensabbat; (ugs.): Kladderadatsch, Kuddelmuddel, Salat; (österr. ugs.):… …
65Chaos — Cha·os [ kaːɔs] das; ; nur Sg; ein sehr großes Durcheinander (oft verbunden mit Zerstörung): Nach dem Sturm herrschte in der Stadt das reinste Chaos; Was habt ihr hier wieder für ein Chaos angerichtet? …
66Chaos — Cha|os [ ka:ɔs] das; <über lat. chaos aus gr. cháos »der unendliche leere Raum; die gestaltlose Urmasse (des Weltalls)«> totale Verwirrung, Auflösung aller Ordnungen, völliges Durcheinander …
67CHAOS — from the Greek word meaning gap, gasp, or yawn The poet Hesiod says In the beginning Chaos came into being. In many Mesopotamian religioustraditions the world was created out of a pre existing chaos. The HEBREW BIBLE appears to deny this and… …
68Chaos — das Chaos (Mittelstufe) völliges Durcheinander Synonyme: Tohuwabohu, Wirrwarr Beispiel: In seinem Zimmer herrscht ein totales Chaos …
69chaos — noun /ˈkeɪ.ɒs/ a) The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony What is the centre of the earth? is it pure element only, as Aristotle decrees, inhabited (as Paracelsus thinks) with creatures whose chaos is the earth: or with… …
70chaos — 1 Historically, the contrast is between chaos, or the unordered, unformed, undifferentiated beginnings of things, and the cosmos, which is the ordered universe (see also logos ). The concept is thus implicit in early Greek cosmogony. 2 In modern… …