ˈmakrəˌkäzəm noun
( -s )
Etymology: French macrocosme, from Medieval Latin macrocosmos, macrocosmus, from macr- + Greek kosmos order, universe
1. : the great world : the universe in its entirety — contrasted with microcosm
2. : a complex regarded as a whole world in itself
to consider the state as the macrocosm of the family
the great macrocosm of pain — Henry Miller