Macrohistory
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A form of large-scale history dealing with large groups of cultures over very long time periods. countable, uncountable
"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."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"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."
Etymology
From macro- + history.