What is another word for Kosmos?

Pronunciation: [kˈɒzmə͡ʊz] (IPA)

Kosmos is a Greek word used to describe the universe, the order of things, and the harmonious arrangement of nature. Synonyms for kosmos include cosmos, macrocosm, world, and creation. Other words that can be used as synonyms for kosmos include the entirety, the totality, and the whole world. Some people might use the word galaxy, universe, or the heavens as synonyms for kosmos. Regardless of which synonym is used, the idea conveyed is that the cosmos is vast, beautiful, and full of wonder, with its complexities and harmonious workings hinting at a higher power governing all things in existence.

Usage examples for Kosmos

This he conducted till '82. In Kosmos appeared the germ of his little book on Erasmus Darwin, '79, to which Charles Darwin wrote a preliminary notice.
"A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations"
Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
It is saying but little to say that the introduction of Socialism under such conditions could have no effect but disastrous failure, and its apostles could have only the consolation that the order of society as it now exists would have perished first, and all who benefit by it would be involved in the common ruin-a consolation which to some of them would probably be real, for if appearances can be trusted the animating principle of too many of the revolutionary Socialists is hate; a very excusable hatred of existing evils, which would vent itself by putting an end to the present system at all costs even to those who suffer by it, in the hope that out of chaos would arise a better Kosmos, and in the impatience of desperation respecting any more gradual improvement.
"Socialism"
John Stuart Mill
The Solar Myth, then, is a story which primarily representing the activity of the Logos, or Word, in the Kosmos, secondarily embodies the life of one who is an incarnation of the Logos, or is one of His ambassadors.
"Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries"
Annie Besant

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