MACROCOSMS Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

macrocosms

noun

plural of macrocosm

as in universes

the whole body of things observed or assumed almost the entirety of the vast macrocosm remains beyond our reach

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voids

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This was an exciting, imaginative, and beautiful story about grief, family, parallel universes, trees, and mushrooms.

— Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
For now the nature of our universe—or universes—and the quantum rules that guide it are as undecided as the toss of a coin.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

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