Megasociety
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A very large-scale society.
"All cultures, from the simplest tribes to multicultural megasocieties, have sacred ideas (or, as Marty calls them, "objects") that are often sequestered in a sacred place: a sacred grove, or a mountain top; a shrine in the jungle; a temple; an ancestral burial site, from ancient tumuli to Egyptian pyramids, to the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia."
Example
More examples"All cultures, from the simplest tribes to multicultural megasocieties, have sacred ideas (or, as Marty calls them, "objects") that are often sequestered in a sacred place: a sacred grove, or a mountain top; a shrine in the jungle; a temple; an ancestral burial site, from ancient tumuli to Egyptian pyramids, to the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia."
Etymology
From mega- + society.
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