Etymology

karass

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Today it means: A network or group of people who are somehow affiliated or linked spiritually. Full definition →

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The story

Coined by American writer Kurt Vonnegut in 1963, in the novel Cat's Cradle.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.