primordial chaos

noun

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

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nounprimordial chaos (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesThe 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.

    1757, G. W. Rabener, Satirical Letters, volume 2, page 283
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    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.

    1882, François Lenormant, The Beginnings of History: According to the Bible and the Traditions of Oriental Peoples; From the Creation of Man to the Deluge, page 54

    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.

    2012, Alexander D. Ornella, “Disruptive Violence as Means to Create a Space for Reflection: Thoughts on Tarantino's Attempts at Audience Irritation”, in Robert von Dassanowsky, editor, Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds: A Manipulation of Metacinema, Continuum, page 222
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