A relatively small object or system considered as representative of a larger system of which it is part, exhibiting many features of the complete system.

A diminutive representative world; a system more or less analogous to a much larger system

See model ecosystem.

A unit that is a smaller version of something larger; in Meadian philosophy, child play was a microcosm of later adult behaviors.

A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed to macrocosm.

a minature universe

microcosm: a miniature model of something that contains the same patterns or has the same qualities as the macrocosmic equivalent; ie: man is the microcosmic expression or reflection of the Macrocosm God

(Greek, "small world.") (1) The world of the individual, his four lower bodies, his aura, and the forcefield of his karma. (2) The planet. See also Macrocosm.