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cosmogony en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kɒzˈmɒɡ.ə.ni/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kɑzˈmɑ.ɡə.ni/ (General-American)
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• /kɔzˈmɔɡ.ə.ni/ (Australia)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοσμογονία (kosmogonía), from κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + γόνος (gónos, “creation”). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -gony.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. 1758 September 14, The Monthly Review, London, page 301:
   • Holonym: cosmology
2. (countable, uncountable) Any specific theory, model, myth, or other account of the origin of the universe.
   • Holonym: cosmology
3. (countable, uncountable) The creation of the universe: the origin and early development of the cosmos.

Forms

Deriveds

cosmogonically · cosmogonal · cosmogonical · cosmogonic · cosmogonize · cosmogonist

Relateds

anthropogeny · cosmography · glottogony · eschatology · theogony

Synonyms

cosmogeny · cosmogenesis · hexameron

Translations (60)

az kosmoqoniya (the study of the origin of the universe) · tt космогония (the study of the origin of the universe) · bg космогония (the study of the origin of the universe) · de Kosmogonie (the study of the origin of the universe) · mr विश्वोत्पत्तिवाद (the study of the origin of the universe) · sv kosmogoni (the study of the origin of the universe) · et kosmogoonia (the study of the origin of the universe) · oc cosmogonia (the study of the origin of the universe) · sh kosmogonija (the study of the origin of the universe) · id kosmogoni (the study of the origin of the universe) · uz космогония (the study of the origin of the universe) · hu kozmogónia (the study of the origin of the universe) · th ทฤษฎีการกำเนิดจักรวาล (the study of the origin of the universe) · sq kozmogonia (the study of the origin of the universe) · uk космогонія (the study of the origin of the universe) · ko 우주기원론 (the study of the origin of the universe) · io kosmogonio (the study of the origin of the universe) · tr kozmogoni (the study of the origin of the universe) · gl cosmogonía (the study of the origin of the universe) · pt cosmogonia (the study of the origin of the universe) · cv космогони (the study of the origin of the universe) · pa ਕੌਸਮੋਗੋਨੀ (the study of the origin of the universe) · it cosmogonia (the study of the origin of the universe) · fr cosmogonie (the study of the origin of the universe) · fi kosmogonia (the study of the origin of the universe) · ro cosmogonie (the study of the origin of the universe) · uz kosmogoniya (the study of the origin of the universe) · hi विश्वोत्पत्तिवाद (the study of the origin of the universe) · tl mulmayawan (the study of the origin of the universe) · la cosmogonia (the study of the origin of the universe) · ca cosmogonia (the study of the origin of the universe) · cs kosmogonie (the study of the origin of the universe) · ga bunús na cruinne (the study of the origin of the universe) · pl kosmogonia (the study of the origin of the universe) · ky космогония (the study of the origin of the universe) · he קוֹסְמוֹגוֹנְיָה (the study of the origin of the universe) · el κοσμογονία (the study of the origin of the universe) · nl kosmogonie (the study of the origin of the universe) · eo kosmogonio (the study of the origin of the universe) · kk космогония (the study of the origin of the universe) · nn kosmogoni (the study of the origin of the universe) · es cosmogonía (the study of the origin of the universe) · sa विश्वोत्पत्तिवाद (the study of the origin of the universe) · tl kosmogoniya (the study of the origin of the universe) · sk kozmogónia (the study of the origin of the universe) · hy կոսմոգոնիա (the study of the origin of the universe) · lt kosmogonija (the study of the origin of the universe) · ja 宇宙進化論 (the study of the origin of the universe) · cy cosmogoni (the study of the origin of the universe) · ast cosmogonía (the study of the origin of the universe) · da kosmogoni (the study of the origin of the universe) · ka კოსმოგონია (the study of the origin of the universe) · ru космого́ния (the study of the origin of the universe) · mk космогонија (the study of the origin of the universe) · sh космогонија (the study of the origin of the universe) · nb kosmogoni (the study of the origin of the universe) · eu kosmogonia (the study of the origin of the universe) · ms kosmogoni (the study of the origin of the universe) · cmn 宇宙進化論 /宇宙进化论 (the study of the origin of the universe) · af kosmogonie (the study of the origin of the universe)