Definition of Microcosm

a miniaturized version of something

Examples of Microcosm in a sentence

My father has filled his aquarium with a wide variety of fish in order to turn it into a microcosm of the ocean.  🔊

Most times the airport seems likes a microcosm of the globe with people arriving and leaving from all over the world.  🔊

The television show shares the movie’s title and is simply a microcosm of the film.  🔊

Each time I look at my newborn I am overjoyed at the sight of my microcosm, a tiny version of me.  🔊

The abridged story is a microcosm of the five hundred-paged novel.  🔊

For Christmas, my father gave me a microcosm of our home that I could put together as a house for my dolls.  🔊

The developer hoped his microcosm of the proposed subdivision would show investors his vision for the project.  🔊

Since we cannot survey everyone, we will question a microcosm of the population and adjust our results accordingly.  🔊

The culturally diverse university is a microcosm of the world outside of the school’s entrance gates.  🔊

During training, the astronauts underwent various scenarios while stationed inside of a microcosm of the space shuttle.  🔊

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