cosmogony

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek κοσμογονία (kosmogonía), from κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + γόνος (gónos, “creation”). By surface analysis, cosmo- +‎ -gony. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒzˈmɒɡ.ə.ni/ (General American) IPA(key): /kɑzˈmɑ.ɡə.ni/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /kɔzˈmɔɡ.ə.ni/ === Noun === cosmogony (countable and uncountable, plural cosmogonies) The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields. Holonym: cosmology Any specific theory, model, myth, or other account of the origin of the universe. Holonym: cosmology The creation of the universe: the origin and early development of the cosmos. Synonyms: cosmogenesis, cosmogeny, hexameron (biblical) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === anthropogeny cosmography eschatology glottogony theogony === References === “cosmogony”, in 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.