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macrocosmmac‧ro‧cos‧m /ˈmækrəʊˌkɒzəm $ -kroʊˌkɑː-/ noun [countable] macrocosmOrigin: 1600-1700 Medieval Latin macrocosmos, from Latin macro- ( ➔ MACRO-) + Greek kosmos ( ➔ COSMOS) - Belief in the microcosm reflecting the macrocosm and viceversa does not produce some bland reflection of a theory of stable order.
- For us the individual is a microcosm of the social macrocosm.
- The Germanic mind is highly amenable to the belief in correspondences between the Universe and Man - between microcosm and macrocosm.
- The picture is of a freely developing microcosm whose internal dynamics nevertheless parallel those of the social macrocosm.
- This is not to be confused with the framing of part of a limitless series, a microcosmic view of the macrocosm.
- When the microcosm presents an experience of the macrocosm, it is dramatic indeed.
a large complicated system such as the whole universe or a society, considered as a single unit OPP microcosm |