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Howard Cosell

Meaning of "microcosm" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MICROCOSM

Via Medieval Latin from Greek mikros kosmos little world.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MICROCOSM

microcosm  [ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkɒzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MICROCOSM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Microcosm is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MICROCOSM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Microcosm

Microcosm may refer to: ▪ Microcosm, how a large world/society can be illustrated in the form of a small world ▪ Macrocosm and microcosm, a philosophical idea ▪ Microcosm, a museum near Geneva, Switzerland ▪ Microcosm, a 1993 shoot-'em-up by Psygnosis ▪ Microcosm Ltd, a UK software protection company ▪ Microcosm, a unique clock made by Henry Bridges of Waltham Abbey, England ▪ Microcosm Publishing, an independent publisher and distributor based in Portland, Oregon and Bloomington, Indiana ▪ Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City, a 2002 book by Norman Davies and Roger Moorhouse ▪ Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life, a 2008 book by Carl Zimmer ▪ Microcosm ▪ The Microcosm, a microscope shop on Regent Street, London, run by Carpenter and Westley ▪ Microcosm, Inc, aerospace company in El Segundo, California ▪ Microcosm, an early hypermedia system that predated the World Wide Web...

Definition of microcosm in the English dictionary

The definition of microcosm in the dictionary is a miniature representation of something, esp a unit, group, or place regarded as a copy of a larger one. Other definition of microcosm is man regarded as epitomizing the universe.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MICROCOSM


activism
ˈæktɪˌvɪzəm
autism
ˈɔːtɪzəm
Buddhism
ˈbʊdɪzəm
capitalism
ˈkæpɪtəˌlɪzəm
criticism
ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm
enthusiasm
ɪnˈθjuːzɪˌæzəm
hedonism
ˈhiːdəˌnɪzəm
ism
ˈɪzəm
journalism
ˈdʒɜːnəˌlɪzəm
Judaism
ˈdʒuːdeɪˌɪzəm
macrocosm
ˈmækrəˌkɒzəm
mechanism
ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm
metabolism
mɪˈtæbəˌlɪzəm
orgasm
ˈɔːɡæzəm
prism
ˈprɪzəm
professionalism
prəˈfɛʃənəˌlɪzəm
racism
ˈreɪsɪzəm
terrorism
ˈtɛrəˌrɪzəm
tourism
ˈtʊərɪzəm
wasm
ˈwɒzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MICROCOSM

microcline
micrococcal
micrococci
micrococcus
microcode
microcomponent
microcomputer
microcomputing
microcopies
microcopy
microcosmic
microcosmic salt
microcosmical
microcosmically
microcosmos
microcrack
microcrystal
microcrystalline
microcultural
microculture

WORDS THAT END LIKE MICROCOSM

alcoholism
atheism
baptism
communism
constructivism
Exchange Rate Mechanism
gsm
Hinduism
militarism
nationalism
optimism
organism
plagiarism
realism
sarcasm
sexism
sm
socialism
symbolism
vandalism

Synonyms and antonyms of microcosm in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «microcosm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MICROCOSM

Find out the translation of microcosm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of microcosm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «microcosm» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

社会的缩影
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

microcosmo
570 millions of speakers

English

microcosm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सूक्ष्म जगत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مصغرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

микрокосм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

microcosmo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষুদ্র বিশ্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

microcosme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mikrokosm
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mikrokosmos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

縮図
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

축소판
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Microcosm
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kính hiển vi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நுண்ணுயிர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

किरकोळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

küçük evren
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

microcosmo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mikrokosmos
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мікрокосм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

microcosmos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μικρόκοσμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mikrokosmos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mikrokosmos
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mikrokosmos
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of microcosm

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROCOSM»

The term «microcosm» is regularly used and occupies the 58.975 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROCOSM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «microcosm» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «microcosm» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about microcosm

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10 QUOTES WITH «MICROCOSM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word microcosm.
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Karen Abbott
I don't consider 'American Rose' to be a biography so much as a microcosm of 20th-century America, told through Gypsy's tumultuous life - it's 'Horatio Alger meets Tim Burton.'
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David Bohm
In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe.
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Howard Cosell
Sports is human life in microcosm.
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Ruth St. Denis
Remembering that man is indeed the microcosm, the universe in miniature, the Divine Dance of the future should be able to convey with its slightest gestures some significance of the universe.
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Rian Johnson
Teen movies often have an unspoken underlying premise in which high school is seen as less serious than the adult world. But when your head is encased in that microcosm it's the most serious time of your life.
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Preneet Kaur
The Indo-Canadian community has been a microcosm of the people of Indian origin living abroad besides reflecting India's diversity.
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Billie Jean King
Sports are a microcosm of society.
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Julie Klausner
Podcasts themselves cannot exist without the Internet - in a way, they are a microcosm of the Internet.
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Paracelsus
Man is a microcosm, or a little world, because he is an extract from all the stars and planets of the whole firmament, from the earth and the elements; and so he is their quintessence.
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Francine Pascal
When I first thought of the idea for 'Sweet Valley High,' I loved the idea of high school as microcosm of the real world. And what I really liked was how it moved things on from 'Sleeping Beauty'-esque romance novels where the girl had to wait for the hero. This would be girl-driven, very different, I decided - and indeed it is.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MICROCOSM»

Discover the use of microcosm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to microcosm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Microcosm: The Quantum Revolution In Economics And Technology
The crystal ball of the next technological era. Leading scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs provide vivid accounts of the latest inventions, revealing how the new international balance of power really lies in information technology.
George Gilder, 1990
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Microcosm: E-coli and The New Science of Life
Most of us might only know E coli for its lethal strain that causes food poisoning, but Zimmer uses E coli as a prism to understand what life is, what it was, and what it will become.
Carl Zimmer, 2012
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Microcosm: A Portrait of a Central European City
The story of Central Europe is anything but simple.
Norman Davies, Roger Moorhouse, 2011
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Bridging Mental Boundaries in a Postcolonial Microcosm: ...
This text looks at the long-term effects of the joint Franco-British administration in public policy, political disputes, and social cleavages in post-independence Vanuatu.
William F. S. Miles, 1998
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Fantastic Voyage: Microcosm
After an unidentified flying object is shot down by Russian MiG fighters, a team of scientists from Project Proteus and their ship are reduced to a size smaller than a human cell and sent to penetrate the surface of the mysterious object ...
Kevin J. Anderson, 2001
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The Microcosm of Joseph Ibn Saddiq
Jacob Haberman has contributed essays to the Jewish Quarterly Review, the Journal of Jewish Studies, Judaism, Tradition, and other learned periodicals and is the author of more than fifty articles in the sixteen-volume Encyclopedia Judaica.
Joseph ben Jacob Ibn Ẓaddik, Jacob Haberman, 2003
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Chaos and the Microcosm: Literary Ecology in the ...
The first chapter is a historical introduction to nineteenth-century science that traces the development of environmental awareness from industrial pollution and early studies of nature in microcosm, especially in the work of Charles Darwin ...
Heidi Cathryn Molly Scott, 2009
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The Microcosm: A Poem, Read Before the Medical Society of ...
A Poem, Read Before the Medical Society of New Jersey at Its Centenary Anniversary: with the Address Delivered as President, Jan. 24, 1866 Abraham Coles. THE MICROCOSM. r v ufi aecvro v. GEOLOGIC PROPHEOY OF MAN'S COMING.
Abraham Coles, 1866
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Islamic Philosophy and Occidental Phenomenology on the ...
With the purpose of elucidating this point further, I shall turn back to the history of Lotze's Microcosm. world—physiological, private, social—is ordered; and he discovered that it is Before doing this, however, I must mention a puzzling moment in ...
Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, 2006
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The Microcosm: a periodical work
u at the fight of the Microcosm, effectually " branded him with the name of Author ling. Nay, f even the innocent letters which composed the 'f* name, (upon the idea of Cabal and SmeSymnuus) f* were adjudged to the rack ; and like tortured ...
Gregory Griffin, John Smith, George Canning, 1788

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MICROCOSM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term microcosm is used in the context of the following news items.
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Crisis, what crisis? Unions a microcosm of denialism
Even so, one has to ask whether what's happening in the gold industry wage talks is a microcosm of the denialism, or at best myopia, in the ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
2
Premier League - Analysis: Raheem starts as he means to go on
A moment against Tottenham in September last season was his talent in microcosm, a breathtaking dribble past multiple players before a ... «Yahoo Eurosport UK, Jul 15»
3
Baseball: Streeter driving down right path for Fairview
Things are clicking right now, however, and Tuesday was a microcosm of his summer. "During the spring as a sophomore, I was just looking up ... «The Daily Camera, Jul 15»
4
Kasich makes first stop as a candidate in Nashua
And he made sure to remind the audience in Nashua that “Ohio is a microcosm of America” – arguing that his successes there could be ... «Concord Monitor, Jul 15»
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Peeing Is Not a Crime
The lack of public restrooms in the United States is a microcosm of a global sanitation crisis that in poor countries can mean death, as the ... «CityLab, Jul 15»
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Men Who Harass Women Online Have Inferiority Complexes, Study …
Researchers have become interested in these gender dynamics, hypothesizing that the hostile competition in video games is a microcosm of ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
7
Roger's Fish Remarks for July 22: Adventures early on reinforce a …
I also learned that there could be a whole microcosm of life in just one little pool of water, like the little transparent undulating brine shrimp. «Fresno Bee, Jul 15»
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MSNBC's New Favorite Republican? Hosts Love 'Thoughtful …
Ohio is a microcosm of the country. And Kasich a 60 percent approval rating in a state that's a microcosm, demographically, of America. «NewsBusters, Jul 15»
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Global Leadership Is Desperately Missing. It's Costing Us Our Future …
... and economic backgrounds. We were young and old, men and women. We were a microcosm of our world, together for eight days. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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In suit against state, Newark archbishop and attorneys blast …
The Institute for Justice partnered with the archdiocese because it sees the local fight as a microcosm of a larger problem, namely government ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»

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