cosmopolitan
Americanadjective
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free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world.
- Synonyms:
- worldly, urbane, sophisticated
- Antonyms:
- parochial, provincial
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of or characteristic of a cosmopolite.
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belonging to all the world; not limited to just one part of the world.
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Botany, Zoology. widely distributed over the globe.
noun
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a person who is free from local, provincial, or national bias or attachment; citizen of the world; cosmopolite.
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a cocktail made with vodka, cranberry juice, an orange-flavored liqueur, and lime juice.
noun
adjective
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having interest in or familiar with many parts of the world
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sophisticated or urbane
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composed of people or elements from all parts of the world or from many different spheres
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(of plants or animals) widely distributed
Other Word Forms
- cosmopolitanism noun
- cosmopolitanly adverb
- noncosmopolitan adjective
- uncosmopolitan adjective
Etymology
Origin of cosmopolitan
First recorded in 1835–45; cosmopolite + -an
Example Sentences
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That ambition is a concern to Persian Gulf states whose cosmopolitan cities and key oil infrastructure sit just across the water from Iran.
Their cosmopolitan life of séances, parties, and champagne toasts went on as usual.
From Literature
In the 19th and 20th centuries, it helped the city become a bustling metropolis, home to sizable European diasporas and a distinct cosmopolitan culture.
From Barron's
Often described as India's first English-language feature, Annie occupies a singular place in the country's cinema history: local in texture yet cosmopolitan in voice; modest in scale yet exacting in its writing.
From BBC
It is a repudiation of cosmopolitan universalism in favor of historical continuity and particular identity.
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