microcosmos

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noun

A small or microscopic cosmos; a microcosm.

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Meanings

nounmicrocosmos (plural microcosmoi or microcosmoses)

plural microcosmoi · plural microcosmoses

  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.

    1916, Classical Philology, volume 11, University of Chicago Press, page 222

Origin

From micro- + cosmos.

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APA

microcosmos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microcosmos

MLA

“microcosmos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microcosmos. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microcosmos,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microcosmos.

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