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macrocosm

UK/ˈmæk.ɹə(ʊ)ˌkɒz.əm//ˈmæk.ɹəˌkɑz.əm/

macrocosm noun: a complex structure, such as a society, considered as a single entity that contains numerous similar, smaller-scale structures.

Noun

macrocosm (plural macrocosms)

  1. A complex structure, such as a society, considered as a single entity that contains numerous similar, smaller-scale structures.
  2. The universe.

macrocosm meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

macrocosm in Urdu

جگت, کائنات, سنسار

macrocosm in Bengali

মহাবিশ্ব, মহাসমগ্রতা

macrocosm in Malayalam

universe, cosmos, creation
സ്ഥൂലപ്രപഞ്ചം, ബ്രഹ്മാണ്ഡം, ബ്രഹ്മാണ്ഡകടാഹം, അഖിലാണ്ഡം, പരാവരം, പ്രപഞ്ചം
system, structure, totality
വ്യവസ്ഥിതലോകം, വ്യവസ്ഥിതി, പല സൂക്ഷ്മരൂപങ്ങളടങ്ങിയ ബ്രഹദ്സ്ഥൂലരൂപം, വ്യവസ്ഥ, ഘടന, ക്രമം

macrocosm in Kannada

ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಂಡ, ವಿಶ್ವ, ಸಮಷ್ಟಿ
More languagesFewer languages
macrocosm in Indonesian
makrokosmos

Antonyms of macrocosm

Forms of macrocosm

pluralmacrocosms

Origin of macrocosm

From Middle French macrocosme (from Old French macrocosme) and Medieval Latin macrocosmus, formed from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “great, long”) + κόσμος (kósmos, “universe, order”).

Words formed from macrocosm

Questions about macrocosm

What does macrocosm mean?
Macrocosm means a complex structure, such as a society, considered as a single entity that contains numerous similar, smaller-scale structures.
What is macrocosm in Urdu?
Macrocosm in Urdu is جگت, کائنات, سنسار. See Macrocosm meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is macrocosm?
Macrocosm is a noun.
How do you pronounce macrocosm?
Macrocosm is pronounced /ˈmæk.ɹə(ʊ)ˌkɒz.əm/ (UK).
What is the plural of macrocosm?
The plural of macrocosm is macrocosms.

Words near macrocosm in the dictionary

  1. macrocontrols
  2. macroconvex
  3. macrocopies
  4. macrocopy
  5. macrocormic
  6. macrocosm
  7. macrocosmal
  8. macrocosmic
  9. macrocosmical
  10. macrocosmically
  11. macrocosmology

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Adapted from Wiktionary: macrocosm (page history and authors); macrocosm (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); macrocosm (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); macrocosm (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); macrocosm (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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