[mi.cro.cosm] n [ME, fr. ML microcosmus, modif. of Gk mikros kosmos] (15c) 1: a little world; esp: the human race or human nature seen as an epitome of the world or the universe
2: a community or other unity that is an epitome of a larger unity -- mi.cro.cos.mic adj -- mi.cro.cos.mi.cal.ly adv -- in microcosm : in a greatly diminished size, form, or scale