microcosm
IPA: mˈaɪkrʌkɑzʌm
noun
- Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature.
- (obsolete) The human body; a person.
- A smaller system which is seen as representative of a larger one.
- (ecology) A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model.
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Examples of "microcosm" in Sentences
- It's a microcosm of the subject.
- It is a merging of the microcosm and the macrocosm.
- God is the macrocosm of which man is the microcosm.
- Man is a microcosm that mirrors the larger macrocosm.
- The home is considered to be a microcosm of the Church.
- The sole of the foot is seen as a microcosm of the body.
- The body of Man was seen as a microcosm of the macrocosm.
- The microcosm is oneself, and the macrocosm is the universe.
- The school is indeed a microcosm of the community it serves.
- The rest of that paragraph is a microcosm of the Schiavo story.
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