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

Feel the pride, founding fathers: America is now merely a macrocosm for the marriage of West and Kim Kardashian.

From The Guardian • Oct. 20, 2018

“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

This monster of a land, this mightiest of nations, this spawn of the future, turns out to be the macrocosm of microcosm me.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck