Synonyms for microcosm

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mahy-kruh-koz-uh m

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmaɪ krəˌkɒz əm

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Définition of microcosm

Origin : c.1200, mycrocossmos (modern form from early 15c.), "human nature, man viewed as the epitome of creation," literally "miniature world," from Middle French microcosme and in earliest use directly from Medieval Latin microcosmus, from Greek mikros "small" (see mica) + kosmos "world" (see cosmos). General sense of "a community constituting a world unto itself" is attested from 1560s. Related: Microcosmic. A native expression in the same sense was petty world (c.1600).

As in world : noun planet, globe

Example sentences :

The microcosm of the human body is the lesser image of the macrocosm.
Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato

Each particle is a microcosm, and faithfully renders the likeness of the world.
Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is quite true that to a man with his gifts any microcosm will do for a macrocosm in miniature.
Extract from : « Sir Walter Scott » by George Saintsbury

Their organization was a microcosm of that of the entire empire.
Extract from : « German Culture Past and Present » by Ernest Belfort Bax

But I perceive now that my thought was a seed containing my omniscience in microcosm.
Extract from : « Fantazius Mallare » by Ben Hecht

Here they established a boy periodical, called the "Microcosm."
Extract from : « The Printer Boy. » by William M. Thayer

We cannot help fearing that the microcosm may get the worst of it.
Extract from : « Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) » by Sir Leslie Stephen

Their organisation was a microcosm of that of the entire Empire.
Extract from : « German Society at the Close of the Middle Ages » by Ernest Belfort Bax

From whence did she derive the theory of macrocosm and microcosm?
Extract from : « Studies in the History and Method of Science » by Various

For this reason man is called a microcosm or universe in miniature.
Extract from : « The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867. » by E. Rameur

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