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macrocosm (MAK ruh kahz" uhm) (s) (noun), macrocosms (pl)
1. The entirety of something that is encompassing the universe: The earth is but a speck in the macrocosm.
2. Etymology: from Greek makros, "great, large" + cosmos, "world, universe", which also includes cosmic, cosmos, and cosmopolitan; "at home anywhere in the world"; as well as, microcosm, literally "little world".
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