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Chaos

proper nouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈkeɪ.ɒs//
  • United States//ˈkeɪ.ɑs//

In Greek mythology, the primordial state of disorder that exists before the creation of the world, or the first being or deity to exist.

proper noun

  1. 1

    In Greek mythology, the primordial state of disorder that exists before the creation of the world, or the first being or deity to exist.

  2. 2

    A planetoid and cubewano orbiting in the Kuiper belt.

  3. 3

    In the Warhammer franchise, a demonic antagonist that sends demons, monsters, warriors, and beasts to wage war on the games' setting.

    Chaos warrior, Chaos daemon

Etymology

From Latin chaos (“chaos”), from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).