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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cosmogony

/(-n?)/ · Cos·mog·o·ny · IPA /kɑzˈmɑ.ɡə.ni/
01 n. The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thale…
pl. Cosmogonies ((-n�z))
  1. 1.
    The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato.
    “The cosmogony or creation of the world has puzzled philosophers of all ages.” Goldsmith.