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microcosm

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
microcosm /ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)kɒz(ə)m/

▶noun

1 a thing regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristics of something much larger.

2 humankind regarded as the representation in miniature of the universe.

– derivatives
microcosmic /-ˈkɒzmɪk/ adjective,
microcosmically /-ˈkɒzmɪk(ə)li/ adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr. microcosme or med. L. microcosmus, from Gk mikros kosmos ‘little world’.

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