Meanings
nounmacroworld (plural macroworlds)
plural macroworlds · alternative macro-world
- A world or reality on a larger scale, thus for example the social scale when discussing individual affairs, or the human scale when discussing particle physics.
Perhaps there is indeterminacy in the macroworld, but quantum theory cannot justify such a claim.
2002, James Franklin Harris, Analytic Philosophy of Religion, →ISBN, page 226
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
- Proto-Hellenic*makrós
- Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
- Frenchmacro-
- Englishmacro-
- Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*wiHrós
- Proto-Germanic*weraz
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂életi
- Proto-Germanic*alaną
- Proto-Germanic*aldiz
- Proto-Germanic*weraldiz
- Proto-West Germanic*weraldi
- Old Englishweorold
- Middle Englishworld
- Englishworld
- Englishmacroworld
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APA
macroworld. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macroworld
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“macroworld.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macroworld. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “macroworld,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macroworld.
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