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cosmism

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cosmism
a 19th-century theory about cosmic evolution, developed from contemporary science, that regards the cosmos as self-existent and self-acting. — cosmist, n.
See also: Cosmology
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Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, was, in addition to his role as the most visible manifestation of the successes of the planned economy, for the Russian people a sort of exemplary first citizen of a dawning new age, the imagery of which drew on state sponsored myth and homegrown Russian cosmism alike.
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