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cosmogony

Pronunciation: /kɒzˈmɒgəni/

Definition of cosmogony

noun (plural cosmogonies)

[mass noun]

the branch of science that deals with the origin of the universe, especially the solar system: today the central questions of cosmology and cosmogony are being explored within the framework of the Big Bang theory
[count noun] a theory regarding the origin of the universe:in their cosmogony, the world was thought to be a square, flat surface