MICROCOSM


Meaning of MICROCOSM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmī-krə-ˌkä-zəm ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin microcosmus, modification of Greek mikros kosmos

Date: 15th century

1. : a little world ; especially : 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 ˌmī-krə-ˈkäz-mik adjective

• mi·cro·cos·mi·cal·ly -mi-k(ə-)lē adverb

- in microcosm

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.