Meanings
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noun
a person who studies the origin and development of the universe or proposes a theory about it
The cosmogonist tried to explain how the solar system formed from a rotating cloud of matter.
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noun
a supporter or author of a particular account of how the universe or world began
Early cosmogonists often combined physical observation with religious or mythical accounts of creation.
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Etymology
Formed from cosmogony + -ist. Cosmogony comes through Latin from Greek kosmogonia, 'creation of the world,' combining kosmos, 'world or ordered universe,' with gonos, 'birth or generation.'