different between macrocosm vs megacosm

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mæk.????k?.z?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæk.???k?.z?m/

Noun

macrocosm (plural macrocosms)

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

Antonyms

• microcosm

Derived terms

• macrocosmic
• macrocosmology

Related terms

• cosmos

Translations

See also

• macroworld

Romanian

Alternative forms

• macrocosmos

Etymology

Borrowed from French macrocosme.

Noun

macrocosm n (uncountable)

1. macrocosm

Declension

Antonyms

• microcosm
• microcosmos

English

Etymology

From French mégacosme, ultimately from Ancient Greek ????- (mega-) + ?????? (kósmos).

Noun

megacosm (plural megacosms)

1. (now rare, historical) A macrocosm. [from 17th c.]
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 255:

     Howsoever, over their cloistering walls and into the map of the megacosm, the two professors continued to launch their cadres of spellbound familiars and enslaved disciples.

Translations

• Italian: megacosmo (it)