MICROCOSM definition and meaning

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microcosm

(maɪkroʊkɒzəm )

Word forms: plural microcosms

countable noun [oft in NOUN]

A microcosm is a small society, place, or activity which has all the typical features of a much larger one and so seems like a smaller version of it.

[formal]

Kitchell says the city was a microcosm of all American culture during the '60s. [+ of]

In many respects, Mahan's story is that of the Asian community in microcosm.

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microcosm in British English

(ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkɒzəm ) or microcosmos (ˌmaɪkrəʊˈkɒzmɒs )

noun

1. 

2. 

Compare macrocosm

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Derived forms

microcosmic (ˌmicroˈcosmic) or microcosmical (ˌmicroˈcosmical)

adjective

Word origin

C15: via Medieval Latin from Greek mikros kosmos little world

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microcosm in American English

(ˈmaɪkroʊˌkɑzəm )

nounOrigin: ME microcosme < ML microcosmus < LGr mikros kosmos, little world: see micro- & cosmos

1. 

a little world; miniature universe; specif.,

b. 

a community regarded as a miniature or epitome of the world

c. 

anything regarded as epitomizing, encapsulating, or representing in miniature

2.  ecology

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 5th Digital Edition. Copyright © 2025 HarperCollins Publishers.

Derived forms

microcosmic (ˌmicroˈcosmic)

adjective

microcosmically (ˌmicroˈcosmically)

adverb

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microcosm in American English

(ˈmaikrəˌkɑzəm)

noun

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

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Derived forms

microcosmic microcosmical

adjective

Word origin

[1150–1200; ME microcosme ‹ ML mīcrocosmus ‹ Gk mīkròs kósmos small world. See micro-, cosmos]

Examples of 'microcosm' in a sentence

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But they are surely a fine microcosm of what we have become.The education system is a microcosm of the crisis in global social policy more generally.The airless and claustrophobic classroom is a microcosm for the world outside.This game was a microcosm of their life.That is a microcosm of the entire problem.He said that his waiting room was a microcosm of society.That is the city in microcosm.In this microcosm of man versus machine, surrender is not an option.A modern aircraft is a flying microcosm of society.In him, we see in microcosm of one of the biggest issues at the heart of English football.

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