Microcosmos

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small or microscopic cosmos; a microcosm.

    "So the double men of Aristophanes are microcosmoi (p. 566); as the world is divided, so are they."

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"So the double men of Aristophanes are microcosmoi (p. 566); as the world is divided, so are they."

Etymology

From micro- + cosmos.

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