English-French translations for microcosm

microcosmeLa Belgique est un microcosme de l'ensemble de l'Union européenne. Belgium is a microcosm of the entire European Union. Je ne vais pas vous apprendre, Monsieur le Président du Conseil et Monsieur le Président de la Commission, que le débat sur le profil de ces personnalités n'intéresse que le microcosme bruxellois. I will not be telling you anything new, Mr Reinfeldt, Mr Barroso, when I say that the debate on the profile of these candidates is of interest only to the Brussels microcosm.

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

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