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

The physics that works for falling bodies and pirouetting ice skaters down here in the microcosm of the Earth makes galaxies up there in the macrocosm of the universe.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan