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microcosm
mi·cro·cosm [ mkrə kòzzəm ] (plural mi·cro·cosms)


noun 
Definition:
 
small version of something larger: a miniature copy of something, especially when it represents or stands for a larger whole
A college is a microcosm of the larger community.
[12th century. < French microcosme< Greek mikros kosmos "little world"]

mi·cro·cos·mic [ mkrə kózmik ] adjective
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