MICROCOSM
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.
- The human body; a person.
- A smaller system which is seen as representative a larger one.
- A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model.
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