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primordial chaos

noun

Definitions

  1. The original unordered state of the universe, especially in classical cosmogonies.

    • But this I now know, that rather than be your sun-flower, and turn and incline to you, e'en let the world return to its primordial chaos.
    • That of the first (1 in our appendix) is more theogonic than cosmogonic; it contains the succession of the generations of the gods, emanating from primordial chaos.
    • The primordial chaos encompasses both creative and destructive forces and is capable of bringing forth new life and of destroying it in a blind rage.

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