English
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Etymology
From the French microcosme, from the Latin microcosmus, from the Greek μικ��� "small" + κ��μο� (kosmos) "world"
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-microcosm.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-noun
- a smaller system which is representative of or analogous to a larger one
#: Though our town is small and provincial, it is a true microcosm to the country as a whole.
- archaic a small, complete world
#:* 1608: If you see this in the map of my microcosm, follows it that I am known well enough too? � Shakespeare, Coriolanus, ii 1
Translations
trans-top|a smaller system which is representative of or analogous to a larger one
trans-mid
Romanian: t|ro|microcosm|n, t|ro|microcosmos|n
trans-bot
trans-top|a small, complete world
trans-mid
Romanian: t|ro|microcosm|n, t|ro|microcosmos|n
trans-bot
Antonyms
macrocosm
Romanian
Etymology
F.|ro microcosme
Noun
ro-noun|gendn|plmicrocosmuri
- #English|microcosm
Declension
The plural of this word is rarely used.
ro-noun-inv|gendn|defmicrocosmul|gd=microcosmului
Synonyms
l|ro|microcosmos
Antonyms
l|ro|macrocosm
l|ro|macrocosmos
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