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omphalos hypothesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables
om-phalos hy-poth-e-sis
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The proposition that God created the universe within the past few thousands of years but also introduced false evidence that the universe is of great age.

Etymology

Named after the book Omphalos (1857) by Philip Henry Gosse, in which it was argued that, in order for the world to be "functional", God must have created the Earth with mountains, canyons, trees, etc. The word Omphalos comes from Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”), an example of one such feature putatively needed for completion.

Inflected Forms

the Omphalos hypothesis (canonical)

Phrases

Young Earth Creationism Last Thursdayism God hypothesis

Frequently Paired Words

creationism Young Earth Creationism Last Thursdayism God hypothesis

Questions

What does omphalos hypothesis mean?
The proposition that God created the universe within the past few thousands of years but also introduced false evidence that the universe is of great age.
Where does omphalos hypothesis come from?
Named after the book Omphalos (1857) by Philip Henry Gosse, in which it was argued that, in order for the world to be "functional", God must have created the Earth with mountains, canyons, trees, etc. The word Omphalos comes from Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”), an example of one such feature putatively needed for completion.

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