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unrule en · NOUN

Etymology

From un- + rule.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Absence of rule; anarchy.
2. (countable) An impetus for creativity or chaos; a stimulating factor for acting outside of rules.
   • Language does not express in itself a rule but is a heterogeneous game playing with rules and unrules. 2020, Dinda L. Gorlée, Wittgenstein’s Secret Diaries: Semiotic Writing in Cryptography, page 152:
   • The ending is the character string to be added to the root and modifier as defined by the rules and unrules. 1982, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, volume 24, pages 4008–4444:

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