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cosmopolitan
[ koz-muh-pol-i-tn ]
adjective
- free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world.
Synonyms: worldly, urbane, sophisticated
Antonyms: parochial, provincial
- of or characteristic of a cosmopolite.
- belonging to all the world; not limited to just one part of the world.
- Botany, Zoology. widely distributed over the globe.
noun
- a person who is free from local, provincial, or national bias or attachment; citizen of the world; cosmopolite.
- a cocktail made with vodka, cranberry juice, an orange-flavored liqueur, and lime juice.
cosmopolitan
/ ˌkɒzməˈpɒlɪtən /
noun
- a person who has lived and travelled in many countries, esp one who is free of national prejudices
adjective
- having interest in or familiar with many parts of the world
- sophisticated or urbane
- composed of people or elements from all parts of the world or from many different spheres
- (of plants or animals) widely distributed
Derived Forms
- ˌcosmoˈpolitanism, noun
Other Words From
- cos·mo·pol·i·tan·ism noun
- cos·mo·pol·i·tan·ly adverb
- non·cos·mo·pol·i·tan adjective noun
- un·cos·mo·pol·i·tan adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of cosmopolitan1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cosmopolitan1
Example Sentences
“It is a good symbol for a cosmopolitan city that is home to lots of human transplants — from other parts of the U.S. and around the world.”
This replacement is allegedly enabled by weak or malicious cosmopolitan elites, often identified as Jewish.
The Vatican also represented a cosmopolitan sensibility, as evidenced by the diversity of the cast in the film.
Soccer fans are, for the most part, liberal and cosmopolitan in the U.S., so Lalas’ conservatism has led him to be called a vile human, a fascist and a dumb far-right puppet.
Jones’ philosophy on music was cosmopolitan and curious from the start.
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