— microcosmic, microcosmical , adj.
/muy"kreuh koz'euhm/ , n.
1. a little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm ).
2. anything that is regarded as a world in miniature.
3. human beings, humanity, society, or the like, viewed as an epitome or miniature of the world or universe. Also called microcosmos /muy'kreuh koz"meuhs, -mohs/ .
[ 1150-1200; ME microcosme microcosmus mikròs kósmos small world. See MICRO-, COSMOS ]