Re: Chaotophile

on 10/6/01 11:01 AM, Andreas Johansson at and_yo@HOTMAIL.COM wrote:

> The other day, I needed a scientific-sounding word for someone who likes
> things to be chaotic and anarchic (don't ask why). So I coined
> "chaotophile". Two questions:
>
> i) Is this a possible (Anglicized) Greek formation?
>
> ii) Is there an established scientific-sounding word of this meaning?
An anarchist. A chaos-monger. A chaotist (although I think most would
pronounce this [tS&o.tIst] rather than [keO.tIst]). A supporter of chaotic
behavior.


Daniel Seriff
microtonal@sericap.com
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