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typocosmy

UK/ˈtaɪ̯.pəʊ̯ˌkɒz.mɪ/US/ˈtaɪ̯.poʊ̯ˌkɑz.miː/

typocosmy noun: the representation of the world.

Noun

typocosmy (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The representation of the world.
    • Such was the travail of Raymundus Lullius, in making that art which bears his name; not unlike to some books of typocosmy, which have been made since; being nothing but a mass of words of all arts, to give men countenance, that those which use the terms might be thought to understand the art; which...1910 [1605], Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning, London: Macmillan, →OL, page 93
    • Here Spirit is conceived of as Substance, and Matter as the typocosmy apparent to the senses, and which we call the world.1914 January 15, Huntly Carter, “The Public Ownership of the Artist”, in The Egoist, volume 1, number 2, page 33

Origin of typocosmy

From Ancient Greek τῠ́πος (tŭ́pos, “type”) + Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + -y.

Questions about typocosmy

What does typocosmy mean?
Typocosmy means the representation of the world.
What part of speech is typocosmy?
Typocosmy is a noun.
How do you pronounce typocosmy?
Typocosmy is pronounced /ˈtaɪ̯.pəʊ̯ˌkɒz.mɪ/ (UK).

Words near typocosmy in the dictionary

  1. typo'd
  2. typo-
  3. typo.
  4. typochronological
  5. typochronology
  6. typocosmy
  7. typodont
  8. typodonts
  9. typoed
  10. typoes
  11. typoese

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