Editing Cosmos (section)

{{Short description|Universe as a complex and orderly system or entity}}
{{Other uses}}
[[File:Flammarion.jpg|thumb|265px|[[Flammarion engraving]], Paris 1888]]

The '''cosmos''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɒ|z|m|ɒ|s}}, {{IPAc-en|USalso|-|m|oʊ|s|,_|-|m|ə|s}};<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cosmos | title=Definition of COSMOS | date=20 June 2023 | access-date=4 June 2023 | archive-date=7 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607112647/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cosmos | url-status=live }}</ref> {{langx|grc|κόσμος|kósmos}}) is an alternative name for the [[universe]] or its nature or order. Usage of the word ''cosmos'' implies viewing the universe as a complex and orderly [[system]] or entity.<ref>{{Cite web
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The cosmos is studied in [[cosmology]]{{snd}}a broad discipline covering scientific, religious or philosophical aspects of the cosmos and its nature. Religious and philosophical approaches may include the cosmos among spiritual entities or other matters deemed to exist outside the physical universe.