Microcosm
['maɪkrə(ʊ)kɒz(ə)m] or ['maɪkrokɑzəm]
Definition
(n.) A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed to macrocosm.
Checker: Paulette
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Little world, the world in miniature, the world in little, epitome of the universe.
Checked by Jerome
Definition
n. a little universe or world: (often applied to) man who was regarded by ancient philosophers as a model or epitome of the universe.—adjs. Microcos′mic -al pertaining to the microcosm.—n. Microcosmog′raphy.
Typist: Ludwig
Examples
- The favorite notion of the time was that man was in microcosm that which the universe was in macrocosm. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Peering into the invisible little world, the infinite secrets of microcosm have yielded their fruitful and potent knowledge of bacteria and cell growth. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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