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Vinony

self-organization

noun

  1. process of creating order by local interactions
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English organization English self-organization From self- + organization.

  1. A process of attraction and repulsion in which the internal organization of a system, normally an open system, increases in complexity without being guided or managed by an outside source.