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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. |
A representation of something on a much smaller scale. Microcosm means “small world,” and in the thought of the Renaissance, it was applied specifically to human beings, who were considered to be small-scale models of the universe, with all its variety and contradiction. (Compare macrocosm.)
