microcosm

• n. microcosmos; microcosmos; 小宇宙としての人間; micrograph (microcosmosと等しい)

micro-、小さな、-cosm、世界、語源はmacrocosm、化粧品と同じ。

microcosm (n.)

c. 1200, mycrocossmos (modern form from early 15c.), "human nature, man viewed as the epitome of creation," literally "miniature world," from Middle French microcosme and in earliest use directly from Medieval Latin microcosmus, from Greek mikros "small" (see mica) + kosmos "world" (see cosmos). General sense of "a community constituting a world unto itself" is attested from 1560s. Related: Microcosmic. A native expression in the same sense was petty world (c. 1600).

1. The family is a microcosm of society.

家庭は社会の縮図である。

2.This historical novel illustrates the breaking up of feudal society in microcosm .

この歴史小説は崩壊に向かう封建社会の縮図である。

3.Kitchell says the city was a microcosm of all American culture during the '60 s.

キッチェル氏によると、この都市は1960年代のアメリカ文化全体の縮図だったという。

4.The macrocosm of the universe is mirrored in the microcosm of the mind.

心の天地は万千の宇宙の縮図である。

5.In many respects，Mahan 's story is that of the Asian community in microcosm .

多くの点から言えば、マハンの経歴はアジア系団体の経歴の縮図である。