cosmogonal

Variant of cosmogony

cosmogony definition

cos·mogo·ny (käz mäg′ə nē)

noun

  1. the study of the origin of the universe
  2. pl. cosmogonies -·nies a theory or account of this an ancient Greek cosmogony

Etymology: Gr kosmogonia, creation of the world < kosmogonos < kosmos, universe + -gonos, -gony

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