cosmopolitan
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5.5
- adjective
- /ˌkɑzməˈpɑlɪtən/
- Specialized
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cosmopolita
- I have spent four years in provincial and cosmopolitan Japan engaged in that pursuit.
- cosmopolitan city
- cosmopolitan culture
- cosmopolitan atmosphere
Iran at its very foundation was a very sort of multi ethnic cosmopolitan entity.
- Iran at its very foundation was a very sort of multi ethnic cosmopolitan entity.
- What we were looking for even then were ways of building an effective cosmopolitan ethic in a fragmented world.
- And your mother, you know, was sort of weird and very proper household is very kind of, you know, stylish and cosmopolitan.
- They really are secret, you know, cosmopolitan globalists.
- Relieve the fear that I'm non cosmopolitan.
Examples
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When I visited her there, I was amazed to see how cosmopolitan my baby sister had become.
Fiction book (2001) -
Even though Elio's was an Italian restaurant, it had a decidedly cosmopolitan staff.
Fiction book (1999) -
Memphis is cosmopolitan and rich.
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But the few humans who held such mature, cosmopolitan views obviously had no power in their society.
Fiction book (2000) -
"Well," I remember Jeff saying, "It's been another lively night in the cosmopolitan capital of Ireland."
Fiction book (1997) -
We're not the worst on earth, but now is a fine time to embrace a curious cosmopolitan perspective.
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No single daughter of mine is going to New York City representing the great state of Mississippi without a proper cosmopolitan wardrobe.
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Throughout her childhood and youth, she lived in a comfortable upper-class, cosmopolitan family with artistic and literary interests.
Academic text (1999) -
They moved from their home city of Herat, to the more cosmopolitan capital, Kabul.
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Living in a city like London makes you feel more cosmopolitan as you interact with people from all over the world.
Synonyms
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3.8
Having people from many countries and backgrounds living and working together
3
4.1
About contact between people from different cultures
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7.5
Connecting people or ideas from more than one culture
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
A person who has no permanent home and feels at home in many places
How Cosmopolitan
Surface Forms
Morphology
cosmopolitan = cosmopolite (semi-transparent) = cosmo + polit + an
The word is historically built from a 'world citizen' base plus -an, but the modern cultural sense is only partly predictable from that source.
Etymology
Cosmopolitan comes from the Greek parts cosmo- 'world' and -politan 'citizen'. That's why a place or idea called cosmopolitan is open to people and influences from many countries and has a global outlook.