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I am wondering if there is a word to describe a person who likes chaos. By this I mean a few specific things:

  1. The person is pleased to hear when chaos is created, or confusion emerges
  2. The person will take opportunities to create chaos or confusion
  3. The person enjoys taking part in chaotic or disorganized situations.

I can't seem to think of a word to describe the type of person who would act in this way.

I hope this question is clear.

EDIT: Below gbutters sums up nicely:

What I wonder is if there is a word for a generally good-natured person who just likes some good old-fashioned chaos. It seems like any person that thrives on chaos would have to have some extra baggage.

Best Answer

A callithumpian

1836, U.S. colloquial, probably a fanciful construction at one time designating a society of social reformers, then in reference to "noisy disturbers of elections and meetings," and most commonly "a band of discordant instruments."

Actually paired adjectivally with chaos in stanza 84 of David Van Alstyne's 296-versed mouthful of a poem:

buccaneerishly galumphing into grievous garboils of chthonian uproar and terpsicoresan bedlam, and for gallivanting in great gyres of callithumpian chaos in a three-ring circus of near-simian agitation

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