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microcosm |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Microcosm \Mi"cro*cosm\, n. [F. microcosme, L. microcosmus fr Gr mikro`s small + ko`smos the world.] A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed to {macrocosm}. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: microcosm n : a miniature model of something
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