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kaleidoscopic

/kəˌlaɪdəˈskɒpɪk/
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Other forms: kaleidoscopically

Kaleidoscopic things are complicated and undergo constant changes. A controversial movie might result in a kaleidoscopic range of reactions, especially on the Internet.

A kaleidoscopic album from your favorite musician combines many different styles and sounds of music, and a kaleidoscopic conversation veers from one topic to another, almost dizzyingly. The adjective kaleidoscopic, which is sometimes used to mean simply "multicolored," comes from kaleidoscope, a toy that reflects images off tiny mirrors to create dazzling patterns — literally, it means "observer of beautiful forms," from the Greek kalos, "beautiful," and eidos, "shape."

Definitions of kaleidoscopic
  1. adjective
    continually shifting or rapidly changing
    synonyms: kaleidoscopical
    changeable, changeful
    such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change
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