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microcosm The large hippie communes of the 1960s and '70s were microcosms of socialist systems, with most of socialism's advantages and disadvantages. ˈmaɪkrəˌkɑzəm

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Something (such as a place or an event) that is seen as a small version of something much larger. A troubled urban school can look like a microcosm of America's educational system. A company's problems may be so typical that they can represent an entire small country's economic woes “in microcosm.” Microcosm, and especially its synonym microcosmos, are also sometimes used when talking about the microscopic world. The documentary film Microcosmos is devoted to the remarkable insect life in an ordinary meadow on a single summer's day

word	microcosm
definition	Something (such as a place or an event) that is seen as a small version of something much larger.
eg_sentence	The large hippie communes of the 1960s and '70s were microcosms of socialist systems, with most of socialism's advantages and disadvantages.
explanation	A troubled urban school can look like a microcosm of America's educational system. A company's problems may be so typical that they can represent an entire small country's economic woes “in microcosm.” Microcosm, and especially its synonym microcosmos, are also sometimes used when talking about the microscopic world. The documentary film Microcosmos is devoted to the remarkable insect life in an ordinary meadow on a single summer's day
IPA	ˈmaɪkrəˌkɑzəm

Microcosm Small Place Event Version Larger Large Hippie