macrocosm

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As in the macrocosm, the kosmos, the Christ of the Mysteries represents the Logos, the Second

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  1. noun The entire world; the universe.
  2. noun A system reflecting on a large scale one of its component systems or parts.

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  • In sum, however, the conference was a sad and discouraging microcosm for the macrocosm that is the ideology of the Republican Party. —  Badger Herald: News Updates
  • Then it struck me that this was a microcosm of a macrocosm -- that is, the Palestinian people as a whole. —  Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org
  • Their itinerant cult possessing minimal accoutrement sans mundane trappings evokes a permeating effect of soul onto the macrocosm - unbound, unhindered and without obliterations. —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • As we ponder the depressing macrocosm, the Mustang's take-away message might be: Yes we can. —  The Seattle Times
  • Though your statement relates to a macrocosm, the attitude likely holds true in the microcosm. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
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  1. Medieval Latin macrocosmus : Greek makro-, macro- + Greek kosmos, world.

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  1. from Greek μακρός, long, large, great, + κόσμος, world: see cosmos. Cf. microcosm.
 

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/ˈmækrəkɑzm/
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