different between macrocosm vs metacosm

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?t??k?z?m/

Noun

metacosm (plural metacosms)

1. A system that encompasses cosmos systems (macrocosm, mesocosm, microcosm).
   • 1992. Sachiko Murata, Annemarie Schimmel. The Tao of Islam: A Sourcebook on Gender Relationships in Islamic Thought, page 225,

     And both microcosm and macrocosm manifest the Metacosm. This is the law of correspondence.

2. A transcendent field of higher forces beyond the macrocosm (created world).
   • 2001, Cyril Glasse, Huston Smith. The New Encyclopedia of Islam, page 55,

     The "Unity of the Intellect", or the essential identity of the Intellect in the metacosm (what is beyond the created world),

3. A manifestation of God.
   • 1997, James S. Cutsinger. Advice to the Serious Seeker: Meditations on the Teaching of Frithjof Schuon, page 48,

     All the levels of the universe, the macrocosm, come about through the radiation or manifestation of God, the metacosm.

Derived terms

• metacosmic

Anagrams

• toc emmas