MICROCOSM
- A community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristic qualities or features of something much larger
- Humankind regarded as the epitome of the universe
- the world of human nature (as opp. to all nature); humanity viewed as an epitome of the universe [n -S]
- refers to something such as a place or an event that is seen or understood as a small version of something much larger.