macrocosm

mac·ro·cosm  (mkr-kzm)

n.

1. The entire world; the universe.

2. A system reflecting on a large scale one of its component systems or parts.

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[Medieval Latin macrocosmus : Greek makro-, macro- + Greek kosmos, world.]

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macro·cosmic adj.

macro·cosmic·al·ly adv.

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macrocosm

Noun

a complex structure, such as the universe or society, regarded as a whole [Greek makros kosmos great world]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

macrocosm - everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" cosmos, universe, world, existence, creation natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man extragalactic nebula, galaxy - (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'" celestial body, heavenly body - natural objects visible in the sky closed universe - (cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matter estraterrestrial body, extraterrestrial object - a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere natural order - the physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) laws nature - the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it"