macrocosmn.

Brit.

/ˈmakrə(ʊ)kɒz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈmækrəˌkɑzəm/,

/ˈmækroʊˌkɑzəm/

Forms:

α. 1600s macrocosme, 1700s– macrocosm.

β. 1600s macrocosmus, 1800s– macrocosmos.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French macrocosme; Latin macrocosmus.

Etymology: < French macrocosme (13th or early 14th cent. in Old French) or its etymon post-classical Latin macrocosmus (late 12th cent.; in British sources from mid 13th to late 15th cent.), probably formed ( < macro- macro- comb. form + cosmus cosmos n.¹) as the antithesis of microcosmus (see microcosm n.). The earliest instances of the word in English occur in The Assembly of Gods, where it is a mistake for microcosm : see quot. c1500 at sense 1. In sense 2 after extended senses of microcosm n.The idea is expressed already in Macrobius (c400) In Somn. Scip. 1. 12 ‘Ideo physici mundum magnum hominem, et hominem brevem mundum esse dixerunt’. From the use of brevem here it has been suggested that μακρός was at first intended in the sense of ‘long’, interpreted with regard to duration; however, in Bernard Silvestris' De Universitate Mundi (mid 12th cent.) megacosmus (see megacosm n.) is the term that is used contrastively with microcosmus . Early contextual use of macrocosmus is found in Innocent III De Miseria Humanae Conditionis (a1198) 38 ‘Senuit jam mundus uterque, scilicet macrocosmus, et microcosmus, id est major mundus et minor mundus’. The relation of the words macrocosm and microcosm has probably suggested the use of macro- with the sense ‘on a large scale’ in many modern words contrasted with words beginning with micro- : see macro- comb. form 3.

1. The universe (opposed to microcosm); the world of all nature.In quot. c1500 used mistakenly for microcosm.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > [noun]

kindlOE

worldc1175

framea1325

creaturec1384

universityc1450

engine?1510

universal1569

universality1577

mass1587

universe1589

all1598

cosmosie1600

macrocosm1602

existence1610

system1610

megacosm1617

cosmos1650

materialism1817

world-all1847

panarchy1848

multiverse1895

metaverse1994

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 1828 And as for Macrocosme, hit ys no more to say But the lesse worlde.]

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 274 Throughout all this vaste Macrocosme, they finde not one patterne..like to ours.

1631 tr. J. Ghesel Rule of Health sig. B4 The circumstances both of the Macro- & Microcosmus, the greater and lesser world.

1656 N. Culpepper Treat. Aurum Potabile 74 If it be the Cœlestiall Sun that moves the Macrocosme, it must of necessity be the Microcosmicall Sun which moves the Microcosme.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xlix. 410 Applied and determined by an infinite mind in the macrocosm or universe.

1867 J. A. Froude Sci. Hist. in Short Stud. 9 He desires, first, to see the spirit of the Macrocosmos.

1881 T. H. Huxley in Nature No. 615. 346 The microcosm repeats the macrocosm.

1964 W. R. Brain Doctors Past & Present 3 The belief that the living organism, the microcosm, embodies the same principles as the universe, the macrocosm.

1984 D. Cupitt Sea of Faith ii. 40 The macrocosm, the great Cosmos itself, was an intricate system of symbols enclosing man.

2. Any complex structure or whole, esp. one considered to be epitomized by some constituent portion or microcosm.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > [noun] > a complex whole > imaged by constituent part

megacosm1617

macrocosm1851

1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 347 No population..is absolutely inert in the macrocosm of humanity.

1875 N. Amer. Rev. 120 256 The macrocosm of society can be inferred from the microcosm of individual human nature.

1896 J. R. Harris Union with God (ed. 2) iii. 59 His life is the great life, and all our little lives are involved in it, Christ being the macrocosm, and ourselves the microcosm.

1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists June 228/2 I do not consider it as proved that reactions obtaining in either the microcosm or the macrocosm are any less complex than those operating in social intercourse.

1981 R. Dawson Confucius vi. 68 The family, one of the microcosmic units of which the macrocosm of the state is composed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	macrocosm
释义	macrocosmn. Brit. /ˈmakrə(ʊ)kɒz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmækrəˌkɑzəm/, /ˈmækroʊˌkɑzəm/ Forms: α. 1600s macrocosme, 1700s– macrocosm. β. 1600s macrocosmus, 1800s– macrocosmos. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French macrocosme; Latin macrocosmus. Etymology: < French macrocosme (13th or early 14th cent. in Old French) or its etymon post-classical Latin macrocosmus (late 12th cent.; in British sources from mid 13th to late 15th cent.), probably formed ( < macro- macro- comb. form + cosmus cosmos n.¹) as the antithesis of microcosmus (see microcosm n.). The earliest instances of the word in English occur in The Assembly of Gods, where it is a mistake for microcosm : see quot. c1500 at sense 1. In sense 2 after extended senses of microcosm n.The idea is expressed already in Macrobius (c400) In Somn. Scip. 1. 12 ‘Ideo physici mundum magnum hominem, et hominem brevem mundum esse dixerunt’. From the use of brevem here it has been suggested that μακρός was at first intended in the sense of ‘long’, interpreted with regard to duration; however, in Bernard Silvestris' De Universitate Mundi (mid 12th cent.) megacosmus (see megacosm n.) is the term that is used contrastively with microcosmus . Early contextual use of macrocosmus is found in Innocent III De Miseria Humanae Conditionis (a1198) 38 ‘Senuit jam mundus uterque, scilicet macrocosmus, et microcosmus, id est major mundus et minor mundus’. The relation of the words macrocosm and microcosm has probably suggested the use of macro- with the sense ‘on a large scale’ in many modern words contrasted with words beginning with micro- : see macro- comb. form 3. 1. The universe (opposed to microcosm); the world of all nature.In quot. c1500 used mistakenly for microcosm. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > [noun] kindlOE worldc1175 framea1325 creaturec1384 universityc1450 engine?1510 universal1569 universality1577 mass1587 universe1589 all1598 cosmosie1600 macrocosm1602 existence1610 system1610 megacosm1617 cosmos1650 materialism1817 world-all1847 panarchy1848 multiverse1895 metaverse1994 c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 1828 And as for Macrocosme, hit ys no more to say But the lesse worlde.] 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 274 Throughout all this vaste Macrocosme, they finde not one patterne..like to ours. 1631 tr. J. Ghesel Rule of Health sig. B4 The circumstances both of the Macro- & Microcosmus, the greater and lesser world. 1656 N. Culpepper Treat. Aurum Potabile 74 If it be the Cœlestiall Sun that moves the Macrocosme, it must of necessity be the Microcosmicall Sun which moves the Microcosme. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xlix. 410 Applied and determined by an infinite mind in the macrocosm or universe. 1867 J. A. Froude Sci. Hist. in Short Stud. 9 He desires, first, to see the spirit of the Macrocosmos. 1881 T. H. Huxley in Nature No. 615. 346 The microcosm repeats the macrocosm. 1964 W. R. Brain Doctors Past & Present 3 The belief that the living organism, the microcosm, embodies the same principles as the universe, the macrocosm. 1984 D. Cupitt Sea of Faith ii. 40 The macrocosm, the great Cosmos itself, was an intricate system of symbols enclosing man. 2. Any complex structure or whole, esp. one considered to be epitomized by some constituent portion or microcosm. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > [noun] > a complex whole > imaged by constituent part megacosm1617 macrocosm1851 1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 347 No population..is absolutely inert in the macrocosm of humanity. 1875 N. Amer. Rev. 120 256 The macrocosm of society can be inferred from the microcosm of individual human nature. 1896 J. R. Harris Union with God (ed. 2) iii. 59 His life is the great life, and all our little lives are involved in it, Christ being the macrocosm, and ourselves the microcosm. 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists June 228/2 I do not consider it as proved that reactions obtaining in either the microcosm or the macrocosm are any less complex than those operating in social intercourse. 1981 R. Dawson Confucius vi. 68 The family, one of the microcosmic units of which the macrocosm of the state is composed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1602
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