Synonyms for macrocosm

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mak-ruh-koz-uh m

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæk rəˌkɒz əm

Définition of macrocosm

Origin : c.1600, "the great world" (the universe, as distinct from the "little world" of man), from Old French macrocosme (c.1300) and directly from Medieval Latin macrocosmus, from Greek makros "large, long" (see macro-) + kosmos (see cosmos).

noun universe
noun totality

Example sentences :

The microcosm of the human body is the lesser image of the macrocosm.
Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato

It is quite true that to a man with his gifts any microcosm will do for a macrocosm in miniature.
Extract from : « Sir Walter Scott » by George Saintsbury

From whence did she derive the theory of macrocosm and microcosm?
Extract from : « Studies in the History and Method of Science » by Various

You've seen in the microcosm, as I have in the macrocosm that all life is one.
Extract from : « Circle of Flight » by Richard Stockham

This microcosm, like the macrocosm, may be divided into many departments.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 » by Various

The macrocosm is mirrored and coloured in a mental and moral microcosm.
Extract from : « An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy » by W. Tudor Jones

The microcosm and macrocosm were at length atoned, at length in harmony!
Extract from : « Lilith » by George MacDonald

Thanks to the science of symbolism a pile of stones may be a macrocosm.
Extract from : « The Cathedral » by Joris-Karl Huysmans

From the cipher of the Macrocosm Faust turns to that of the Earth-spirit, the spirit of human life and feeling.
Extract from : « The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' » by H. B. Cotterill

The less meaning there is in the macrocosm the more tenderly and humorously must every microcosm be treated.
Extract from : « Suspended Judgments » by John Cowper Powys

Antonyms for macrocosm

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