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mi⋅cro⋅cosm

  [mahy-kruh-koz-uhm]
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–noun
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.
Also called mi⋅cro⋅cos⋅mos  [mahy-kruh-koz-muhs, -mohs] .

Origin:
1150–1200; ME microcosme < ML mīcrocosmus < Gk mīkròs kósmos small world. See micro-, cosmos

Related forms:
mi⋅cro⋅cos⋅mic, mi⋅cro⋅cos⋅mi⋅cal, adjective
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