Cosmology

Definitions

1. The study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and evolution, and fate.
   countable, uncountable
2. A metaphysical study into the origin and nature of the universe.
   countable, uncountable
3. A particular view (cultural or religious) of the structure and origin of the universe.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“We live⟳ our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate⟳ on scales outside of human experience⟳: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.”

“Near-synonyms: cosmovision, worldview”

“But the work⟳ of Marshack and Leroi-Gourhan enable us to see⟳ that these later religions of the civilized period are elaborations of the cosmologies from the universal religion of the Upper Paleolithic.”

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