cosmopolitan
adjective
free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world.
cosmopolitans
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pluralof cosmopolitan.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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We’re a diverse people but still a people, not a random aggregation of cosmopolitans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
“As much as this isn’t wish fulfillment in the classic sense of a glamorous Manhattan apartment, cosmopolitans every night — it’s wish fulfillment because they’re really happy there,” Shaw said of the characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
They also got together over cosmopolitans in 2005, when Pacheco interviewed her at length; his notes shaped McNally’s book for her solo Broadway show, “Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
In nearly every episode the ladies gather at a restaurant to dissect whatever issues are bedeviling them that week, a device "Sex and the City" employed with enough success to make brunch and cosmopolitans fashionable.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2022
Through The Mecca I saw that we were, in our own segregated body politic, cosmopolitans.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
