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- [koz-mog-uh-nee]
- /kɒzˈmɒg ə ni/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [koz-mog-uh-nee]
- /kɒzˈmɒg ə ni/
Definitions of cosmogonal word
- noun plural cosmogonal a theory or story of the origin and development of the universe, the solar system, or the earth-moon system. 1
- noun cosmogonal (archaic) Of or pertaining to cosmogony. 1
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Origin of cosmogonal
First appearance:
before 1860 One of the 29% newest English words
First recorded in 1860-65, cosmogony is from the Greek word kosmogonía creation of the world. See cosmo-, -gony
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Parts of speech for Cosmogonal
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cosmogonal popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
cosmogonal usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cosmogonal
adj cosmogonal
- planetary — of, relating to, or resembling a planet or the planets.
- grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- huge — extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
- global — pertaining to the whole world; worldwide; universal: the dream of global peace.
- immense — vast; huge; very great: an immense territory.
Antonyms for cosmogonal
adj cosmogonal
- miniature — a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale.
- teeny — tiny.
- tiny — very small; minute; wee.
- bounded — (of a set) having a bound, esp where a measure is defined in terms of which all the elements of the set, or the differences between all pairs of members, are less than some value, or else all its members lie within some other well-defined set
- small — of limited size; of comparatively restricted dimensions; not big; little: a small box.
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