Daily Word: MICROCOSM

mi·cro·cosm

  [mahy-kruh-koz-uhm]

~ noun

DEFINITION: 1)A little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm). 2) Anything that is regarded as a world in miniature. 3) Human beings, humanity, society, or the like, viewed as an epitome or miniature of the world or universe.

Also called mi·cro·cos·mos  [mahy-kruh-koz-muhs, -mohs] 

SENTENCE: People try to act like the rash of violence in Chicago is a microcosm of what is going on America, but its much bigger than that.