how to pronounce microcosm

/ˈmaɪkɹəˌkɑːzəm/

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microcosm is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of microcosm in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… that the humans are a microcosm of this …”

meanings of microcosm

noun:

The human body; a person.
A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model.
A smaller system which is seen as representative of a larger one.
Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature.

microcosm frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word microcosm occurs in english on average 1.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics microcosm can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that microcosm can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;

2) life, nature, and living environment;