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UK
/kˌɒzməpˈɒlɪtən/
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[ US /ˌkɑzməˈpɑɫətən/ ]
[ US /ˌkɑzməˈpɑɫətən/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests
that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks
the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt
his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds -
growing or occurring in many parts of the world
cosmopolitan in distribution
a cosmopolitan herb -
of worldwide scope or applicability
the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time
an issue of cosmopolitan import
universal experience
NOUN
- a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
How To Use cosmopolitan In A Sentence
- Mr. Hernandez's monochromatic costumes were 1950s-style, with the plain garb of the villagers contrasting with the cosmopolitan clothes of Neruda and his wife, Matilde, and Di Cosimo's natty, attention-getting white suit. When Postman and Poet Meet
- We can well afford to let them stare and smile, well knowing that if a similar amount of prosperity permitted the people of other countries to travel for their pleasure in similar numbers, the result would be at the very least an equally -- shall I say undrawing-room-like contribution to cosmopolitan society? Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875
- It is easy to be a liberal cosmopolitan in Paris or New York.
- This year, Artweek celebrates its tenth anniversary, and events have a distinctly cosmopolitan flavour.
- He is the classic rootless cosmopolitan.
- He wants to make the French socialists ‘cosmopolitan, internationalist, solidary, and pro-European again’.
- The contribution of this fine tribal artist to the plush art galleries of cosmopolitan cities was remembered.
- London is a cosmopolitan city, where a player can easily lose himself. The Sun
- But these pretty guys are much more cosmopolitan than just being Aussies, and they don't just speak with Australian accents, however it may sound to the undiscerning ear.
- They even provide a kind of back-door cosmopolitanism, ensuring that many people will learn something about diverse areas of the world, regardless of whether they are much interested in doing so.