Meanings (ES + gloss)
microcosmo
Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature.
The Christian humanists were emphatic in their demand that a man who wishes to understand himself must realize that he is a little world that reflects on a smaller scale the larger…
microcosmo
The human body; a person.
If you see this in the Map of my Microcosme, followes it that I am knowne well enough too?
microcosmo
A smaller system which is seen as representative of a larger one.
Near-synonyms: epitome, paradigm, model
That short journey to Brighton was like a microcosm of the railway universe, embracing as it did a tunnel, a viaduct, two junctions, and two termini! Unfortunately, the route was f…
microcosmo
A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model.
The method is relatively labour intensive (24-30 microcosms are run) and more difficult to interpret when compared with other microcosm methods (Shannon et al. 1986; Cairns & Cherr…
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