unrule

English

Etymology

un- +‎ rule

Noun

unrule (countable and uncountable, plural unrules)

1. (uncountable) Absence of rule; anarchy.
2. (countable) An impetus for creativity or chaos; a stimulating factor for acting outside of rules.
   • 1982, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, volume 24, pages 4008–4444:

     The ending is the character string to be added to the root and modifier as defined by the rules and unrules.

   • 2020, Dinda L. Gorlée, Wittgenstein’s Secret Diaries: Semiotic Writing in Cryptography, page 152:

     Language does not express in itself a rule but is a heterogeneous game playing with rules and unrules.