macrocosm
- noun
- /ˈmækroʊˌkɑːzəm/
- Philosophers often discuss the relationship between the microcosm of individual experiences and the macrocosm of the universe.
- macrocosm and microcosm
- law of the macrocosm
So he talks about the macrocosm and the microcosm.
- So he talks about the macrocosm and the microcosm.
- And it's the concept that the microcosm mirrors the macrocosm.
- But I do think that the, you know, the microcosm is the macrocosm.
- the vastness of the universe. The the macrocosm
- He uses microcosm and macrocosm there.
- It's like this microcosm, macrocosm thing with in the way that, you know, we try to buttress our own, you know.
Examples
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The fundamental assumption was that there's a correspondence between the macrocosm of the universe and the microcosm of the individual body.
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What, however, was the macrocosm to which the dramatic microcosm referred?
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So he talks about the macrocosm and the microcosm.
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In that way, he is only conditionally part of the greater whole of the macrocosm.
Blog text (30) -
So, we see the macrocosm again reflected in the imagery of life-threatening disease.
Academic text (1994) -
However, human beings are never so totally independent that they can dispense with the macrocosm altogether.
Blog text (30) -
He was a man of vision, seeing human history in a macrocosm as epochs of unfolding developments.
Academic text (1991) -
The perfect expression of the microcosm opening to the macrocosm lies in Sufism, which Nasr calls the inner dimension of Islam.
Academic text (1994) -
The internet serves as a macrocosm of human interaction and communication throughout the world.
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In his lecture, he described the macrocosm of the cosmos and how it connects to us on Earth.
Synonyms
Everything that exists in the whole universe
All of space and everything in it
All space and everything in it that forms an ordered whole
The whole universe that contains stars, planets and space
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
macrocosm = macro + cosm
This is a learned classical formation with macro- meaning 'large' and cosm- meaning 'world/universe', but cosm is not a productive standalone English base, so the meaning is only partly recoverable.
Etymology
Macrocosm comes from the parts macro- meaning 'large' and cosmos meaning 'world' or 'order'. So a macrocosm is the 'large world', the whole universe or a big system that contains everything, often the opposite of a microcosm.