microsystem

See also: micro system

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ system.

Noun

microsystem (plural microsystems)

  1. A microscopic system, especially a system using microscopic electromechanical components.
  2. The system of groups and institutions with the most immediate and direct impact on an individual's development.
    • 2019, Kairen Cullen, The Psychology of Parenting Teenagers, pages 63-64:
      He called this a process-person-context model and categorized the context as consisting of four interrelated and interacting parts: the microsystem, i.e. face to face social interactions such as with family, friends, neighbours and school; the mesosystem, the interactions between groups categorized by the microsystems such as age, for example, adolescents and parents; the ecosystem, which is the local community or authority to which the adolescent belongs, i.e. the school, the locality in which they live and the workspace, and finally, the macrosystem, which is the entire system in which the adolescent exists and encompasses social mores and economic values and defines and legislates adolescent status and rights.
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