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zoogonic

zoogonic adjective: pertaining to zoogeny or producing life.

Adjective

zoogonic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to zoogeny or producing life.
    • But the Pythagoreans thought that the pole should be called the Seal of Rhea; because the zoogonic, or vivific goddess, pours through these into the universe, an inexplicable and efficacious power.2006, Proclus' Commentary on the First Book of Euclid's Elements, page 160
    • Dissenting views deny either a cosmogonic or a zoogonic role for strife, or both, and some deny a phase where the role of strife increases, such that there is a leap from the complete dominance of love to the complete dominance of strife.2008, Andrew Gregory, Ancient Greek Cosmogony

Questions about zoogonic

What does zoogonic mean?
Zoogonic means pertaining to zoogeny or producing life.
What part of speech is zoogonic?
Zoogonic is an adjective.

Words near zoogonic in the dictionary

  1. zoogloeoid
  2. zoognosy
  3. zoogoer
  4. zoogoers
  5. zoogoing
  6. zoogonic
  7. zoogonid
  8. zoogonidangia
  9. zoogonidangium
  10. zoogonidia
  11. zoogonidial

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