SYNONYMS | EXAMPLES | WORD ORIGIN adjective free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world.
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.
Related forms cos·mo·pol·i·tan·ism , noun cos·mo·pol·i·tan·ly , adverb non·cos·mo·pol·i·tan , adjective, noun non·cos·mo·pol·i·tan·ism , noun un·cos·mo·pol·i·tan , adjective Synonyms for cosmopolitan Antonyms for cosmopolitan Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for cosmopolitan worldly ,
urbane ,
cultured ,
metropolitan ,
sophisticated ,
catholic ,
universal ,
smooth ,
public ,
ecumenical ,
global ,
gregarious ,
planetary ,
polished ,
worldwide ,
cultivated ,
well-travelled Examples from the Web for cosmopolitan Contemporary Examples of cosmopolitan Cosmopolitan has asked readers, “Are You Dating a Lumbersexual?”
The Levant is already a far cry from the cosmopolitan melting pot it once was.
The British editor of Cosmopolitan says she loves talking about (and having) sex.
Cosmopolitan is bringing its hilariously bad sex tips to lesbians now.
Back in April 2011, Kim featured on the cover of the Turkish edition of Cosmopolitan magazine.
Historical Examples of cosmopolitan I cannot stand them, and a German cosmopolitan is the limit.
"It's a better vein than the cosmopolitan ," said Margaret, getting up.
Life seems great because it is cosmopolitan and not provincial or local.
He has rooms at the Cosmopolitan , somewhere on the top floor.
So has it always been with chemistry, the most cosmopolitan of sciences, the most secret of arts.
British Dictionary definitions for cosmopolitan noun a person who has lived and travelled in many countries, esp one who is free of national prejudices
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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
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Derived Forms cosmopolitanism , noun Word Origin for cosmopolitan C17: from French, ultimately from Greek kosmopolitēs, from kosmo- cosmo- + politēs citizen
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Word Origin and History for cosmopolitan adj. 1844, from cosmopolite "citizen of the world" (q.v.) on model of metropolitan . The U.S. women's magazine of the same name was first published in 1886. Cosmopolitanism first recorded 1828.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
cosmopolitan [kŏz′mə-pŏl′ ĭ-tn]
adj. Growing or occurring in many parts of the world; widely distributed.
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