chaoplexology

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noun

The study of chaoplexity.

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Meanings

nounchaoplexology (plural chaoplexologies)

plural chaoplexologies

  1. The study of chaoplexity.

    The science writer, Horgan, 1995, Horgan, 1997, has ridiculed what he labels ‘chaoplexology,’ a combination of chaos theory and complexity theory.

    2007, J. Barkley Rosser Jr., “The rise and fall of catastrophe theory applications in economics: Was the baby thrown out with the bathwater?”, in Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, volume 31, number 10

Origin

From chaoplex + -ology. By surface analysis, chao- + -plex + -o- + -log + -y.

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APA

chaoplexology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaoplexology

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