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English[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
From the French microcosme, from the Latin microcosmus, from the Greek μικρός "small" + κόσμος (kosmos) "world"
Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Noun[edit | edit source]
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Microcosm ({{{1}}})
- a smaller system which is representative of or analogous to a larger one
- Though our town is small and provincial, it is a true microcosm to the country as a whole.
- (archaic) a small, complete world
- 1608: If you see this in the map of my microcosm, follows it that I am known well enough too? — Shakespeare, Coriolanus, ii 1
Translations[edit | edit source]
a smaller system which is representative of or analogous to a larger one
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a small, complete world
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Antonyms[edit | edit source]
Romanian[edit | edit source]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
French microcosme
Noun[edit | edit source]
Microcosm n. (plural microcosmuri)
Declension[edit | edit source]
The plural of this word is rarely used.
declension of Microcosm
| gender n. | uncountable |
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| Nominative/Accusative (Unarticulated) |
Microcosm |
| Nominative/Accusative (Definite articulation) |
microcosmul |
| Genitive/Dative (Definite articulation) |
microcosmului |
Synonyms[edit | edit source]
Antonyms[edit | edit source]
et:microcosm io:microcosm hu:microcosm ro:microcosm ta:microcosm te:microcosm vi:microcosm zh:microcosm
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