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microcosm
[mahy-kruh-koz-uhm]
noun
a little world; a world in miniature (macrocosm ).
The human body is a microcosm.
anything regarded as a representative, miniature version of a larger complex reality.
The fictional small town of Black Rock, California, serves as a microcosm of America in the postwar era.
Environmental Science.a controlled experimental environment or ecosystem small enough to be housed in a laboratory and reproducing conditions that occur on a larger scale in the outdoors.
Researchers have investigated the survival of this bacteria in saline solutions and seawater in laboratory microcosms.
human beings, humanity, society, or the like, viewed as an epitome or miniature of the world or universe.
In the human microcosm, intellect is the deep spiritual center of being.
microcosm
/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkɒzəm, ˌmaɪkrəʊˈkɒzmɒs /
noun
a miniature representation of something, esp a unit, group, or place regarded as a copy of a larger one
man regarded as epitomizing the universe
microcosm
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.)
Other 51Թ Forms
- microcosmic adjective
- microcosmical adjective
- ˌˈDz adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of microcosm1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of microcosm1
Example Sentences
It was PSG in a microcosm, Rice's warning delivered in the most painful manner.
The rollercoaster nature of his triumph, secured eventually at the first play-off hole, was essentially a microcosm of a career which has provided exhilarating highs and devastating lows.
This scandal is a microcosm of where we stand as a country.
Saturday was Scotland in microcosm, their excellence and their weakness.
In many ways, that particular play has been a microcosm of Jones’ play with the Clippers this season.
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