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| 1. | a little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm ). |
| 2. | anything that is regarded as a world in miniature. |
| 3. | human beings, humanity, society, or the like, viewed as an epitome or miniature of the world or universe. |
| mi·cro·cosm (mī'krə-kŏz'əm) n. A small, representative system having analogies to a larger system in constitution, configuration, or development: "He sees the auto industry as a microcosm of the U.S. itself" (William J. Hampton). [Middle English microcosme, man as a little world, from Old French, from Late Latin mīcrocosmus, from Greek mīkros kosmos : mīkros, small + kosmos, world, order.] mi'cro·cos'mic (-kŏz'mĭk), mi'cro·cos'mi·cal (-mĭ-kəl) adj., mi'cro·cos'mi·cal·ly adv. |