macrocosm

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The structure alone provides a glimpse into an ancient worldview in which the macrocosm reflects the microcosm, and everything that is or that happens inextricably connects to everything else.

From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2023

All events in the skies were thought to affect those on Earth; the microcosm mirrors the macrocosm, it was believed.

From Nature • Dec. 12, 2019

“She is trying to hang onto who she is inside of what’s happening in the macrocosm in the world she’s policing,” she adds.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2017

But unlike most of Ms. Thurber’s previous work, in which we infer the macrocosm from the microcosm, “The Insurgents” plants us firmly within the frame of a big picture.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2015

Humans were the most pungent animals in the macrocosm.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman