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microcosm

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of microcosm

something (such as a place or an event) that is seen as a small version of something much larger

The village is a microcosm of the whole country.

The game was a microcosm of the entire season.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of microcosm

case, exemplar, example, exemplification, illustration, instance, prototype, representative, sample, specimen

archetype, classic, locus classicus, paradigm

evidence, indication, manifestation, sign

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