stochastropy

/stəˈkæstrəpi/ · stuh-kas-truh-pee

noun

  1. The tendency of a system to arrive at order through randomness; structure that emerges from unguided variation rather than from design.
  2. A way of working: making many small, uncertain attempts and keeping whatever holds. “None of it was planned in advance — it accumulated by stochastropy.”
Origin blend of stochastic, from Greek stókhos “aim, guess,” and entropy, from Greek tropē “a turning.”
Derivative stochastropic, adj.

Index

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