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I probably don't make as much money as people think I make. I make more than the usual medium household. I'm one of the few middle class actors out there. The microcosm of Hollywood reflects the macrocosm of international finance.
James Ransone

Meaning of "macrocosm" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MACROCOSM

Via French and Latin from Greek makros kosmos great world.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MACROCOSM

macrocosm  [ˈmækrəˌkɒzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MACROCOSM

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Macrocosm is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MACROCOSM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Macrocosm and microcosm

Macrocosm and microcosm is an ancient Greek Neo-Platonic schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the cosmos, from the largest scale all the way down to the smallest scale. In the system the midpoint is Man, who summarizes the cosmos. Macrocosm/microcosm is a Greek compound of μακρο- "Macro-" and μικρο- "Micro-", which are Greek respectively for "large" and "small", and the word κόσμος kósmos which means "order" as well as "world" or "ordered world." Today, the concept of microcosm has been dominated by sociology to mean a small group of individuals whose behavior is typical of a larger social body encompassing it. A microcosm can be seen as a special kind of epitome. Conversely, a macrocosm is a social body made of smaller compounds.

Definition of macrocosm in the English dictionary

The definition of macrocosm in the dictionary is a complex structure, such as the universe or society, regarded as an entirety, as opposed to microcosms, which have a similar structure and are contained within it. Other definition of macrocosm is any complex entity regarded as a complete system in itself.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MACROCOSM


activism
ˈæktɪˌvɪzəm
autism
ˈɔːtɪzəm
Buddhism
ˈbʊdɪzəm
capitalism
ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm
criticism
ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm
enthusiasm
ɪnˈθjuːzɪˌæzəm
hedonism
ˈhiːdəˌnɪzəm
ism
ˈɪzəm
journalism
ˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
Judaism
ˈdʒuːdeɪˌɪzəm
mechanism
ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm
metabolism
mɪˈtæbəˌlɪzəm
microcosm
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkɒzəm
orgasm
ˈɔːɡæzəm
prism
ˈprɪzəm
professionalism
prəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm
racism
ˈreɪsɪzəm
terrorism
ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm
tourism
ˈtʊərɪzəm
wasm
ˈwɒzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MACROCOSM

macrocarpa
macrocephalia
macrocephalic
macrocephalous
macrocephaly
macroclimate
macroclimatic
macroclimatically
macrocode
macrocopy
macrocosmic
macrocosmically
macrocycle
macrocyclic
macrocyst
macrocyte
macrocytic
macrocytosis
macrodactyl
macrodactylic

WORDS THAT END LIKE MACROCOSM

alcoholism
atheism
baptism
communism
constructivism
Exchange Rate Mechanism
gsm
Hinduism
militarism
nationalism
optimism
organism
plagiarism
realism
sarcasm
sexism
sm
socialism
symbolism
vandalism

Synonyms and antonyms of macrocosm in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «macrocosm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MACROCOSM

Find out the translation of macrocosm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of macrocosm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «macrocosm» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大世界
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

macrocosmos
570 millions of speakers

English

macrocosm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जहान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

макромир
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

macrocosmo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিশাল বিশ্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

macrocosme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Makrokosmos
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Makrokosmos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大宇宙
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대우주
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Makrokosmos
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vu trụ bao la
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

macrocosm
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अफाट शक्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

evren
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

macrocosmo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

makrokosmos
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

макросвіт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

macrocosm
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

μακρόκοσμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

makrokosmos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

macrocosm
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

makrokosmos
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of macrocosm

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MACROCOSM»

The term «macrocosm» is regularly used and occupies the 63.261 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MACROCOSM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about macrocosm

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QUOTES WITH «MACROCOSM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word macrocosm.
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James Ransone
I probably don't make as much money as people think I make. I make more than the usual medium household. I'm one of the few middle class actors out there. The microcosm of Hollywood reflects the macrocosm of international finance.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MACROCOSM»

Discover the use of macrocosm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to macrocosm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Macrocosm and Microcosm, Or, The Universe Without and ...
THE. MACROCOSM;. THE. UNIVERSE. WITHOUT. CHAPTER. I. THE COGNIZABLE AND THE COGNIZING. THE starting point of all thought and investigation with every human being, is his own interior consciousness. This, to every one, ...
William Fishbough, 1852
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The Macrocosm and Microcosm; Or the Universe Without and the ...
THE MACROCOSM AND MICROCOSM; 03,1112 UNIVERSE WITHOUT AND THE UNIVERSE WITHIN: BEING AN UNFOLIiING OF THE PLAN OF CREATION AND THE CORRESPONDENCE 0F TRUTHS, BOTH IN THE WORLD OF SENSE  ...
William FISHBOUGH, 1852
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Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine: An Encyclopedia
One of the main consequences of the doctrine of "microcosm/macrocosm" is that the world has — like man, life, soul, and intellect — an organicist vision of the cosmos which connects such doctrine to one of the most successful trends of ...
Thomas F. Glick, Steven John Livesey, Faith Wallis, 2005
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Islamic Philosophy and Occidental Phenomenology on the ...
Improvisation. in. the. Dance. of. Life: the. Microcosm. and. the. Macrocosm. Kathleen Haney University of Houston-Downtown To live is to grow from the inside out. Life expands; only the intervention of human creative activities adds parts onto ...
Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, 2006
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Philosophies of Technology: Francis Bacon and His Contemporaries
The Macrocosm Metaphor Some historians of science have argued that the macrocosm metaphor provided Harvey with the required framework.52 Thus, it would seem that one of the most important discoveries of modern anatomy and ...
Claus Zittel, 2008
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Robert Fludd
The Technical, Physical and Metaphysical History of the Macrocosm and Microcosm: Utriusque cosmi . . . Historia BOOK ONE The History of the Macrocosm CHAPTER ONE On infinite nature and the maker of all things Infinite nature, which is ...
William H. Huffman, 2001
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Origins of Semiosis: Sign Evolution in Nature and Culture
Views of the relationship between microcosm and macrocosm In his survey of various interpretations of the concept of microcosm, Allers (1944) sets up a list of possible relationships between microcosm and macrocosm. The order of this list  ...
Winfried Nöth, 1994
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The Presocratics and the Supernatural: Magic, Philosophy and ...
This steers all things through all (panta dia pantos kuberna) both here and there and is never still.4 There is a great deal to discuss in this passage, but we will begin with the use of the macrocosm/microcosm analogy. While this passage does ...
Andrew Gregory, 2013
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The Tao of Islam: A Sourcebook on Gender Relationships in ...
God's speech is observed in three basic locations: the macrocosm, the microcosm, and the revealed books, the Koran in particular. The Koran employs closely related imagery to explain its own genesis and that of created things: The book is ...
Sachiko Murata, 1992
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Humanist and Scholastic Poetics, 1250-1500
This correspondence between microcosm and macrocosm that, for Salutati, finds its locus in poetry is also of Neoplatonic derivation. Hermes Trismegistus in the Pymander writes : "The microcosm is at the center of the macrocosm as willed by  ...
Concetta Carestia Greenfield, 1981

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MACROCOSM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term macrocosm is used in the context of the following news items.
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Franklin McCallie gospel spreads
"It's become the microcosm of the macrocosm that we want to see," he said. Others have decided to start their own interracial dessert ... «Chattanooga Times Free Press, Jul 15»
2
Seekers and Guides: The Purpose of Your Altar Pentacle
But consider the symbolism of Spirit descending into Matter, and the integration of Macrocosm and Microcosm. I believe this is a perfect ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
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Puny Humans, Geocentrism, and ET
Rather, the macrocosm of creation showed the glory of God writ large across the heavens and the microcosm of the Temple declared that glory ... «National Catholic Register, Jul 15»
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Tarabali Paata: Cosmos as Swathe in Nabakalebara
It hints at the cosmos of macrocosm as well as microcosm. As it is ... This is the metaphor for the macrocosm in Indian philosophy. Similarly our ... «Odisha Sun Times, Jul 15»
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YOUR OPINION
Daniel Berrigan's exposition of Psalm 10 from his book, “Uncommon Prayer,” portrays the macrocosm, or more fully, the cosmic implications: ... «Scranton Times-Tribune, Jul 15»
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Disparate treatment for Blacks in liberal San Francisco …
“Ferguson was just a “dot,” or a microcosm of a macrocosm of injustice to Black people in the cities and towns of America,” he continued. «FinalCall.com News, Jul 15»
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Marc Quinn review – he sells sea shells
Microcosm and macrocosm reflect one another: a tiny bit of ancient sea shell that looks like a wave is given, by art, the scale and weight of a ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Zec urged to introduce biometric voting
In a report released last Thursday titled By-elections: A Microcosm of the Macrocosm, the electoral watchdog raised concern over the conduct of ... «NewsDay, Jul 15»
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How the Failed Iran Agreement Will Threaten Israel's Nuclear Strategy
Nonetheless, even if Iran could sometime become a nuclear suicide-bomber in macrocosm, Israel's only rational strategy, moving forward, ... «Breaking Israel News, Jul 15»
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Shawangunk historian compiles new book of columns
... and culture — “an intimate interweaving of action with retrospection, radical thought with rural reminiscing, of microcosm with macrocosm.”. «Poughkeepsie Journal, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Macrocosm [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/macrocosm>. Apr 2024 ».
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