cosmography

noun

cos·​mog·​ra·​phy käz-ˈmä-grə-fē 

plural cosmographies

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

cosmographer

käz-ˈmä-grə-fər 

noun

cosmographic

ˌkäz-mə-ˈgra-fik 

adjective

or cosmographical

ˌkäz-mə-ˈgra-fi-kəl 

Examples of cosmography in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Pre-modern societies watched the sky and created cosmographies, maps of the skies that provided information for calendars and agricultural cycles. —Kimberly H. Breuer, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024

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

Word History

Etymology

Middle English cosmographie, from Late Latin cosmographia, from Greek kosmographia, from kosmos + -graphia -graphy

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1