antichaos

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Etymology

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From anti- +‎ chaos, coined by Stuart Kauffman in Antichaos and Adaptation (published in Scientific American, August 1991).

Noun

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antichaos (uncountable)

  1. (chaos theory, evolutionary theory) A phenomenon whereby disordered systems can spontaneously crystallize into a high degree of order.

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