Relating to or describing the origin and creation of the universe.
From Greek kosmos (universe) + gonos (origin, generation). This adjective form derives from cosmogony, adding the Latin suffix -al to create an adjectival modifier used in scientific and philosophical contexts.
Cosmogonal theories have completely changed throughout history—what ancient Greeks thought about creation looks nothing like modern Big Bang cosmology. Each era's cosmogonal ideas reflect both what they can observe and what they believe philosophically.
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