(n.) The whole of any subject or system; the universal perspective; -- contrasted with microcosm\.

Copernican universe Einsteinian universe Newtonian universe Ptolemaic universe all all being all creation allness cosmos created nature created universe creation everything that is expanding universe macrocosmos megacosm metagalaxy nature omneity plenum pulsating universe sidereal universe steady-state universe sum of things system totality totality of being universe whole wide world wide world world world without end