cosmopolis

American  

[koz-mop-uh-lis] / kɒzˈmɒp ə lɪs /

noun

1. an internationally important city inhabited by many different peoples reflecting a great variety of cultures, attitudes, etc.

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cosmopolis British  

/ kɒzˈmɒpəlɪs /

noun

1. an international city

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Etymology

Origin of cosmopolis

1890–95; cosmo- + -polis, modeled on metropolis

Example Sentences

Another proponent, Xander Hicks, said the evidence was compounded by his own apparent encounter in Cosmopolis, where he heard a howl resembling “a predator sound, like a wolf, fox, bear mixed.”

From Seattle Times

But in 2012 the director David Cronenberg was up to the challenge with “Cosmopolis,” turning DeLillo’s chronicle of a day in the life of a young billionaire into a snapshot of self-destruction in the Occupy era, while Robert Pattinson makes a particularly effective DeLillo protagonist, all cold surfaces and questionable motives.

From New York Times

I thought about “Cosmopolis,” but it’s not his best.

From New York Times

“Any assault on the borders of perception is going to seem rash at first,” says Eric Packer, the cocksure, self-destructive, limo-riding finance guy at the heart of David Cronenberg’s 2012 Don DeLillo adaptation “Cosmopolis.”

From New York Times

At 10 years, “Cosmopolis” is a footnote in Cronenberg’s career and a pivotal moment in Pattinson’s.

From New York Times