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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