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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryIn Greek mythology, the primordial state of disorder that exists before the creation of the world, or the first being or deity to exist. · A planetoid and cubewano orbiting in the Kuiper belt. · In the Warhammer franchise, a demonic antagonist that sends demons, monsters, warriors, and beasts to wage war on the games' setting.
From Latin chaos (“chaos”), from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).
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