EGAVE

microcosm

About 1.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun The human body; a person.
  3. noun A smaller system which is seen as representative of a larger one.
  4. noun A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model.

Similar words

miniature macrocosm epitome human condition mankind human nature metacosm hominism flesh and blood humanation

Often followed by

of and in the is for to that or

Word family

microcosmic microcosmically microcosms

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