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cosmogony

Noun feminine CEFR B2
kɒzˈmɒɡ.ə.ni

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Españolcosmogonía
Françaiscosmogonie
DeutschKosmogonie
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Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

cosmogram cosmographer Cosmographic Cosmographical cosmographist Cosmography

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