cosmogony

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒzˈmɒɡəni/

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from cosmogony

• cosmogonal
• cosmogonic

• cosmogonical
• cosmogonically

• cosmogonist

Translations

the study of the origin of the universe

• Catalan: cosmogonia f
• Czech: kosmogonie f
• Dutch: kosmogonie f
• Finnish: kosmogonia (fi)
• French: cosmogonie (fr) f
• Galician: cosmogonía (gl) f
• German: Kosmogonie (de) f

• Greek: κοσμογονία (el) f (kosmogonía)
• Italian: cosmogonia (it) f
• Portuguese: cosmogonia (pt) f
• Romanian: cosmogonie (ro) f
• Russian: космого́ния (ru) f (kosmogónija)
• Spanish: cosmogonía f
• Tagalog: mulmayawan

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.