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Exonic
Published: 1st September 2021
Citation: Astronist Institution. (2021). Exonic. Available: https://www.astronism.com/astronary/astroeschatology/exonic. Last accessed [enter date e.g. 1st Sept 2021].
ˈɛksənɪk
noun Astroeschatology
relating to extraterrestrial life and its prospects, especially its role in a theological system.
DERIVATIVES AND ALTERNATIVE PHRASES
Exonical | ˈ ɛksənɪk(ə)l | adjective
Exonically | ˈ ɛksənɪk(ə)li | adverb
Exonicity | ˈ ɛksənɪsɪti | noun
ORIGINS AND ETYMOLOGY
Astro-English: from Astronese, the prefix exo- denotes that which comes from “outside” or “from beyond” in order to mean extraterrestrial life; this, conjoined to the suffix -ic to form adjectives comes to mean anything that “relates to extraterrestrial life.”
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