Definition of microcosm
English to English noun - a miniature model of something
source: WordNet 3.0 - A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed to macrocosm.
source: Webster 1913
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microcosm, macrocosm, microseme, microsome, microseism, microzyme, macrozamia, myosarcoma, majorcan, misreckon, mesorchium, meuse-argonne
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