Associations to the word «Microcosm»
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
MICROCOSM, noun. Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature. [from 15th c.]
MICROCOSM, noun. (obsolete) The human body; a person. [17th-19th c.]
MICROCOSM, noun. A smaller system which is seen as representative of a larger one. [from 17th c.]
MICROCOSM, noun. (ecology) A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model. [from 19th c.]
Dictionary definition
MICROCOSM, noun. A miniature model of something.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.