Dictionary of English - microcosm or macrocosm

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A microcosm is something that represents the universe, or humanity, in miniature: A single human being is a microcosm of the whole of humanity; Their village was a microcosm of our world. A macrocosm is essentially the converse, and is a term either for the universe or for any complete structure that contains smaller structures: Society is the macrocosm of each of its individual members.

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