microcosm

(mī'krə-kŏz'əm)
n.
A small, representative system having analogies to a larger system in constitution, configuration, or development: "He sees the auto industry as a microcosm of the U.S. itself" (William J. Hampton).

[Middle English microcosme, man as a little world, from Old French, from Late Latin mīcrocosmus, from Greek mīkros kosmos : mīkros, small + kosmos, world, order.]

microcosmic mi'cro·cos'mic (-kŏz'mĭk) or mi'cro·cos'mi·cal (-mĭ-kəl) adj.
microcosmically mi'cro·cos'mi·cal·ly adv.

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IN BRIEF: The world or universe on a small scale. Also: A small ecosystem.

A pond microcosm can be self-sustaining unless chemicals are introduced.

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• Social Structure and Conditions - microcosm: group believed to be representative of a much larger entity

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mikrokosmos, lilleverden

Nederlands (Dutch)
microkosmos (kleine afspiegeling van groot geheel), de mens als symbool voor het heelal/ de wereld

Français (French)
n. - microcosme

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mikrokosmos

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μικρόκοσμος

Italiano (Italian)
microcosmo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - microcosmo (m)

Русский (Russian)
микрокосм

Español (Spanish)
n. - microcosmo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mikrokosm

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
微观世界

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 微觀世界

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 소우주, 축소, 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小宇宙, 小世界, 人間, 縮図

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صورة مصغرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דגם מוקטן, המין האנושי, קהילה שהיא דגם קטן של העולם, מיקרוקוסמוס‬

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