Definition of macrocosmnext
as in universe
the whole body of things observed or assumed almost the entirety of the vast macrocosm remains beyond our reach

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Recent Examples of macrocosm The same problem exists in macrocosm at the school-district level. Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026 Vexingly, the war with Iran is reproducing in macrocosm what those wars taught in microcosm. Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026 Vedic astrology, too, attributes personalities to planets and speaks of the connection between the macrocosm and the microcosm. Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Time, 10 Jan. 2026 Carol’s book signing before the world-altering event is really a microcosm of what would soon become the macrocosm. Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025 For me, to have this opportunity as two women is really thrilling professionally, personally, especially in the macrocosm of theater. Dave Quinn, People.com, 22 Nov. 2024 The social slippage that has led the world to become a macrocosm of the Swap Shop — so many of us free-diving for usable ephemera, pooling our limited resources with one another — is not something to celebrate. New York Times, 3 May 2022 But the flower choker holds a unique place in the macrocosm of the early aughts revival. Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 28 Feb. 2022 In other words, the macrocosm of the cosmos is reflected in the microcosm of individual experience. Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 6 Jan. 2020
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Noun
  • Ackles’ soap opera past was referenced in an episode of his show Supernatural, where his character enters a parallel universe and discovers himself to be former daytime soap star Jensen Ackles.
    Dylan Kickham, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Being able to interactively play with the data revealed subtle steps that informed their proof, which demonstrated that the sequences did indeed go to zero inside the same universe.
    Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, digital surveillance has limited people’s ability to exchange information with the outside world from within Tibetan regions in China.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • In the past year, the beauty world has been all about the best blushes, then conversation turned to bronzers thanks to the craze for Rhode's compacts.
    Irene Coltrinari, Glamour, 2 Aug. 2026
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  • Through the mid-1980s, Wolfram continued this work, discovering a number of fundamental connections between computation and nature, and inventing such concepts as computational irreducibility.
    Big Think, Big Think, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Creators who attended OpenAI’s first-ever influencer brand trip at a luxury resort in upstate New York posted glowing reviews of their private cabins, nature excursions and farm-to-table meals.
    Angela Yang, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Macrocosm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/macrocosm. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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