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chaotic good

chaotic good adjective: of a character: having an alignment that is chaotic (tending to disregard the laws and conventions of society) and good (not doing evil acts).

Adjective

chaotic good (comparative more chaotic good, superlative most chaotic good)

  1. (roleplaying games) Of a character: having an alignment that is chaotic (tending to disregard the laws and conventions of society) and good (not doing evil acts).
  2. (Internet, broadly) Doing or being good in a very unexpected, offbeat, or unconventional manner.
    • Cups are firmly chaotic good; they're good for the environment, but you can't use them without getting covered in your own blood.2019 December 16, Katie Way, “What was the Worst Wellness Trend of the 2010s?”, in VICE, archived from the original on 15 May 2023
    • But if influencers can't help but self-promote, even in the cringiest of times, perhaps it's a little better that they now are also actually raising money? Hey, I'm not saying this "chaotic good" scenario is, well, good. But it exists. And it's not the worst thing that's ever happened.2020 January 10, Tanya Chen, “I Roughly Calculated The Cost Of This Lifestyle Blogger's Beautiful, Outrageous Master Bathroom Decor”, in BuzzFeed News, archived from the original on 30 May 2023

Noun

chaotic good (uncountable)

  1. Chaotic good things or attitudes generally.
    • Her visual choices are part of the plot too: between the anime references, her love for roller skating (which has made her famous on TikTok) and a head full of two-toned braids, Esty's aesthetic is a kind of punk dembow, her own little slice of chaotic good.2022 February 25, Jon Pareles, “Florence + the Machine's Conflicted Coronation, and 12 More New Songs”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...

Forms of chaotic good

comparativemore chaotic good
superlativemost chaotic good

Questions about chaotic good

What does chaotic good mean?
Chaotic good means of a character: having an alignment that is chaotic (tending to disregard the laws and conventions of society) and good (not doing evil acts).
What part of speech is chaotic good?
Chaotic good can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near chaotic good in the dictionary

  1. chaosmos
  2. chaosphere
  3. chaospheres
  4. chaotic
  5. chaotic evil
  6. chaotic good
  7. chaotic map
  8. chaotic neutral
  9. chaotic neutrals
  10. chaotical
  11. chaotically

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