genesis

Where things begin

Genesis is a beginning or origin—the point at which something comes into being: the genesis of an idea, the genesis of a friendship.

The word carries a sense of creation or emergence rather than mere starting point, suggesting something newly formed rather than simply commenced. (Capitalized Genesis is the first book of the Bible.)

origin

beginning

Initial stage of something

fountainhead · wellspring · root · seed · nucleus · starting point · foundation · provenance · derivation · emergence

cosmological

Big Bang

Universe's explosive origin

primordial · formation · nebula · stellar · galactic · emergence · origin story · creation myth · cosmogony · first cause

ancestral

lineage

Descent from progenitors

forebears · progenitor · parentage · descent · pedigree · family tree · roots · stock · dynasty · forefather

creative

invention

New device or method

ideation · inspiration · breakthrough · discovery · origination · formulation · devising · pioneering · groundbreaking · trailblazing

Categories
Opposites
temporal sequence

genesisend

Final portion or cessation

ending · conclusion · finale · finish · termination

existence/creation

genesisdestruction

Act of completely ruining

annihilation · extinction · death · demise · obliteration

causal direction

genesisoutcome

Final result of events

result · consequence · culmination · aftermath · product

Phrases
Family

biogenesis, geneses, morphogenesis, pathogenesis, carcinogenesis

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