macrocosmic
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- adjective
- /ˌmækroʊˈkɑːzɪk/
- Perhaps to a certain degree, I was opting out of his macrocosmic game by choosing to study Gregory Bateson from a biographical perspective.
- macrocosmic and microcosmic
Examples
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Nevertheless, the novel's two discursive domains share a common structural axis in that both are concerned with identifying and examining the interrelationship between family units, on both the micro- and the macrocosmic levels, as well as the language systems used within those family units.
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In Pym, however, does this figure represent the Anthropos, the macrocosmic Original Man of Gnostic and Jewish belief, as Richard Howard has proposed?
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You assume that events on a microcosmic scale (such as radioactive decay) necessarily happen within the same time frame as their macrocosmic observation.
Blog text (5) -
However, the presence of light allows for a full spectrum of colors that function at every level of reality, from the visible light spectrum to the human chakra system, and even the different planes of existence on a macrocosmic scale.
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In this understanding, the body as a microcosm corresponds to the macrocosmic world through the cosmic notion of qi (27).
Academic text (2018) -
Ranger deftly unsettles this bifocal binary, pointing out that traditional African religions could be macrocosmic.
Academic text (2002) -
The structural links between these two crucial points of the narrative and the passages in I, V will enable us finally to view the figurative potential of Mme. Arnoux in its macrocosmic dimension.
Academic text (1990) -
Ranger (1993) has noted comparable tendencies in the Africanist literature, where colonial religious encounter has classically been framed as an engagement of microcosmic (and limited) traditional religions with macrocosmic religions.
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The study explored macrocosmic issues such as climate change and globalization that impact the entire planet.
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Understanding macrocosmic patterns can help us see how individual actions affect the broader universe.
Synonyms
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Large in scale and about the overall system
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Relating to things that are large enough to see or measure easily
Relating to the large overall structure of a system like a country or city
Antonyms
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
macrocosmic = macrocosm (transparent) = macro + cosm + ic
This is a regular adjective formation from the noun 'macrocosm', so the meaning 'relating to the macrocosm/universe' is straightforward.
Etymology
Macrocosmic comes from the Greek parts macro- 'large' and cosmos 'world' or 'order', the same root you see in cosmic. So macrocosmic means the 'large world' or whole system, which is why it is used for the universe or the whole of a complex structure.