MACROCOSM


Meaning of MACROCOSM in English

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

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