macrocosm
The whole universe
Macrocosm is the universe or world viewed as a whole, especially in contrast to a smaller system that mirrors it.
The word pairs with microcosm—if a cell is a microcosm, the body is its macrocosm; if an individual is a microcosm, society is the macrocosm: What happens in the macrocosm reflects in the microcosm.
The term appears in philosophy and science when examining how small systems mirror larger ones.
State of being immense
- immensityLimitless extent or magnitude
- boundlessnessAbsence of any boundary
- enormityGrave wickedness or immensity
- magnitudeSize or scale
grandeur · expansiveness · infinitude · limitlessness · measurelessness · incomprehensibility · scope · breadth
Complete aggregate amount
- wholeFull and undivided
- creationMaking something exist
- existenceState of being real
- celestial sphereImaginary dome of stars
heavens · firmament · all-encompassing · nature · reality · sum total · everything · world
Gravitationally bound stellar mass
- nebulaInterstellar gas formation
- supernovaExploding massive star
- quasarLuminous active galactic core
- black holeCollapsed star's remnant
big bang · space-time · dark matter · dark energy · astrophysics · multiverse · singularity · redshift
Connected parts forming whole
- networkInterconnected system
- interconnectednessState of mutual linkage
- webInterwoven filament structure
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
tapestry · mosaic · hierarchy · organization · framework · architecture · pattern · complexity
Exchanged written communication
- analogyExplanatory likeness between things
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- NeoplatonismPlotinus's systematic mystical metaphysics
- holismWholes trump components
world soul · cosmogony · metaphysics · ontology · emanation · universal harmony · Leibniz · monad
vastness
State of being immense
- immensityLimitless extent or magnitude
- boundlessnessAbsence of any boundary
- enormityGrave wickedness or immensity
magnitude · grandeur · expansiveness · infinitude · limitlessness · measurelessness · incomprehensibility · scope · breadth · extent
totality
Complete aggregate amount
celestial sphere · heavens · firmament · all-encompassing · nature · reality · sum total · everything · world · grand scheme
galaxy
Gravitationally bound stellar mass
black hole · big bang · space-time · dark matter · dark energy · astrophysics · multiverse · singularity · redshift · celestial
system
Connected parts forming whole
- networkInterconnected system
- interconnectednessState of mutual linkage
- webInterwoven filament structure
matrix · tapestry · mosaic · hierarchy · organization · framework · architecture · pattern · complexity · intricacy
correspondence
Exchanged written communication
- analogyExplanatory likeness between things
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- NeoplatonismPlotinus's systematic mystical metaphysics
holism · world soul · cosmogony · metaphysics · ontology · emanation · universal harmony · Leibniz · monad
- worldsearth, planet, realm, kingdom, dimension
- occultwitchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, black magic, tarot
- totalityall, entirety, everything, whole, totality
- alchemyalchemy, alchemist, philosopher's stone, transmutation, elixir
- ancient philosophyPlato, Aristotle, Socrates, Platonism, Epicureanism
- classical elementsearth, air, fire, water, aether
macrocosmmicrocosm
Miniature representation of larger whole
miniature world · individual · atom · particle · cell
macrocosmnothingness
Complete absence of existence
void · emptiness · nonexistence · nihil · vacuum