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English

Adjective

cosmogonal (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Of or pertaining to cosmogony.

Synonyms

• cosmogonic
• cosmogonical

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (kosmogonía), from ?????? (kósmos, “world”) + ????? (gónos, “creation”). Surface analysis, cosmo- +? -gony.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?z?m???ni/

Noun

cosmogony (countable and uncountable, plural cosmogonies)

1. The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.
2. Any specific theory, model, myth, or other account of the origin of the universe.
3. The creation of the universe.

Synonyms

• cosmogenesis, cosmogeny, cosmology; hexameron (biblical)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• anthropogeny
• cosmography
• eschatology
• theogony

References

• cosmogony at OneLook Dictionary Search
• cosmogony in Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911 ed.
• cosmogony in Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., at Bartleby.com.
• cosmogony by John Peter Arendzen, in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Robert Appleton Company, New York, 1913.