cosmogony
noun/kɒzˈmɒɡ.ə.ni/UK/kɑzˈmɑ.ɡə.ni/US/kɔzˈmɔɡ.ə.ni/
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κοσμογονία (kosmogonía), from κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + γόνος (gónos, “creation”). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -gony.
- derived from κοσμογονία
Definitions
The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar…
The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.
- Mr. Lampredi divides his ſubject into ſeveral heads, viz. Natural Theology, Coſmogony, Ceraunoscopy, i.e. the judgments to be formed from thunder and lightning, Phyſic, Botany, Mechanics, and Politics.
Any specific theory, model, myth, or other account of the origin of the universe.
The creation of the universe.
The neighborhood
- synonymcosmogenesis
- synonymcosmogeny
- synonymcosmology
- synonymhexameron
- neighboranthropogeny
- neighborcosmography
- neighboreschatology
- neighborglottogony
- neighbortheogony
Derived
cosmogonal, cosmogonic, cosmogonical, cosmogonically, cosmogonist, cosmogonize
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for cosmogony. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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