microcosm

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Antonyms 2 Romanian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.2.2 Synonyms 2.2.3 Antonyms

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[edit] Etymology

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

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microcosm (plural microcosms)

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

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• macrocosm

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[edit] Etymology

French microcosme

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microcosm n. (plural microcosmuri)

1. microcosm

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The plural of this word is rarely used.

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• microcosmos

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• macrocosm
• macrocosmos