macrohistory

English

Etymology

From macro- +‎ history.

Noun

macrohistory (countable and uncountable, plural macrohistories)

1. A form of large-scale history dealing with large groups of cultures over very long time periods.

   Antonym: microhistory

   • 2008 March 16, Alexander Star, “I Feel Good”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     These days, it’s chiefly nonhistorians like Jared Diamond and Tim Flannery who seek to trace the long arc of the species and write macrohistory in a scientific key.

Related terms

• macrohistorian
• macrohistorical
• macrohistorically

See also

• big history
• deep history