cosmologies

noun

the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe

the metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe

Roots

kosmoscosmo- · Greek · world, order, universe logoslog- · Greek · study, discourse ia-ies · Greek · forming abstract nouns

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