Microcosm

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Etymology

From the French microcosme, from the Latin microcosmus, from the Greek μικρός "small" + κόσμος (kosmos) "world"

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Noun

Singular Microcosm

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Microcosm ({{{1}}})

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.

2. (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

a smaller system which is representative of or analogous to a larger one

Macedonian: микрокосмос mk(mk) (mikrokósmos) m.

Romanian: microcosm ro(ro) n., microcosmos ro(ro) n.

a small, complete world

Macedonian: микрокосмос mk(mk) (mikrokósmos) m.

Romanian: microcosm ro(ro) n., microcosmos ro(ro) n.

Antonyms

• macrocosm

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Romanian

Etymology

French microcosme

Noun

Microcosm n. (plural microcosmuri)

1. microcosm

Declension

The plural of this word is rarely used.

    declension of Microcosm

gender n.	uncountable
Nominative/Accusative (Unarticulated)	Microcosm
Nominative/Accusative (Definite articulation)	microcosmul
Genitive/Dative (Definite articulation)	microcosmului

Synonyms

• microcosmos

Antonyms

• macrocosm
• macrocosmos

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