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Meaning of primordial chaos | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

uncountable

Equivalents

עברית תוהו ובוהו

Examples

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.”
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.”
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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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