MICROCOSM

microcosm

Noun

  1. Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature.
  2. The human body; a person.
  3. A smaller system which is seen as representative a larger one.
  4. A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model.


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