cosmography

noun

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cos·mog·ra·phy | \ käz-ˈmä-grə-fē

plural cosmographies

Definition of cosmography

1 : a general description of the world or of the universe

2 : the science that deals with the constitution of the whole order of nature

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Other Words from cosmography

cosmographer \ käz-ˈmä-grə-fər

\ noun

cosmographic \ ˌkäz-mə-ˈgra-fik

\ or cosmographical \ ˌkäz-mə-ˈgra-fi-kəl

\ adjective

Examples of cosmography in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Lovecraft, quite possibly insane, eschewed realism entirely for an astonishingly demented but powerful cosmography of ancient aliens preying upon the white man much as the white man had dominated others into the twentieth century. — Siddhartha Deb, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2020

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