Cosmology

Noun

 * 1) The study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and evolution, and fate
 * 2) A metaphysical study into the origin and nature of the universe
 * 3) A particular view (cultural or religious) of the structure and origin of the universe

Adjectives for Cosmology
scientific, philosophical, Chiliastic, web-based, everyday, theoretical, observational, common, inflationary, modern, medieval, experimental, heliocentric, physical, systematic, Elizabethan, archetypal, creationist, mainstream, Big Bang.

Thesaurus
aesthetics, astrogony, axiology, big bang theory, casuistry, continuous creation theory, cosmic evolution, cosmic philosophy, cosmism, cosmogony, cosmography, epistemology, ethics, expanding universe theory, first philosophy, gnosiology, logic, mental philosophy, metaphysics, moral philosophy, nebular hypothesis, ontology, phenomenology, philosophastry, philosophic doctrine, philosophic system, philosophic theory, philosophical inquiry, philosophical speculation, philosophy, pulsating universe theory, school of philosophy, school of thought, science of being, sophistry, stellar cosmogony, theory of beauty, theory of knowledge, value theory

Related terms
cosmologist, cosmogony, cosmological, cosmic, conformal cyclic cosmology, Plasma cosmology, Christian cosmology, Buddhist cosmology, Brane cosmology, Creationist Cosmology, White hole cosmology, Loop quantum cosmology, Fractal cosmology, String cosmology, Hindu cosmology, Quantum cosmology, Middle-earth cosmology, Bahá'í cosmology, PaGaian Cosmology, Mormon cosmology, Inhomogeneous cosmology, Relativistic Cosmology, Newtonian Cosmology, Dualistic cosmology, Saturnian Cosmology, Mayan Cosmology, Esoteric cosmology, Concordance Cosmology, Big Bang cosmology, Taoist cosmology, Elizabethan cosmology.

Etymology
From Medieval cosmologia, from Ancient Greek κόσμος kosmos "world" + -λογία -logia "treating of", combination form of undefined:.

Translations

 * Arabic: علم الكون الفيزيائي
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 * Mandarin: 宇宙学
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 * Icelandic: heimsfræði
 * Ido: kosmologio


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 宇宙論 (うちゅうろん, uchūron)
 * Korean: 우주론
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 * Romanian: cosmologie
 * Russian: космология
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 * Cyrillic: козмологија
 * Roman: kozmologija
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