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   Cos·mo·pol·i·tan

   /ˌkäzməˈpälətn/

   

   adjective

   • 1. including or containing people from many different countries: "immigration transformed the city into a cosmopolitan metropolis" Similar internationalmultiracialworldwideglobaluniversal
   • ▪ familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures: "his knowledge of French, Italian, and Spanish made him genuinely cosmopolitan" Similar worldlyworldly-wisewell traveledknowingawarematureseasonedexperiencedunprovincialcultivatedculturedsophisticatedsuaveurbanepolishedrefinedliberalbroad-mindedunprejudicedinformal:streetwisecoolOpposite provincialnarrowunsophisticated
   • ▪ having an exciting and glamorous character associated with travel and a mixture of cultures: "their designs became a byword for cosmopolitan chic"
   • 2. (of a plant or animal) found all over the world.

   noun

   • 1. a cosmopolitan person: "cosmopolitans who spoke both Spanish and English"
   • 2. a plant or animal found all over the world.
   • 3. a cocktail typically made with vodka, Cointreau, cranberry juice, and lime juice.

   Word Origin mid 17th century (as a noun): from cosmopolite + -an.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cosmopolitanism noun

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   What does cosmopolitan mean?

   • Defining Cosmopolitan (Not the Drink) Since cosmopolitan includes the root polit-, from the Greek word for "citizen", someone who is cosmopolitan is a "citizen of the world". She may be able to read the morning paper in Rio de Janeiro, attend a lecture in Madrid, and assist at a refugee camp in Uganda with equal ease—and maybe all in the same week.

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   What is a cosmopolite?

   • free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world. of or characteristic of a cosmopolite. belonging to all the world; not limited to just one part of the world. Botany, Zoology. widely distributed over the globe.

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   What makes a city cosmopolitan?

   • And a city or a country that is cosmopolitan has aspects and elements that come from various countries. Adjective Greater cultural diversity has led to a more cosmopolitan attitude among the town's younger generations. the cosmopolitan taste of the store's customers It's one of the country's more cosmopolitan cities.

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   What is a cosmopolitan organism?

   • A cosmopolitan organism, species, etc. Cf. cosmopolite n. A.2. It is probable that the two species recorded in four of the six regions are on the way to becoming cosmopolitans. The sibling species melanogaster and simulans are cosmopolitans which find this natural habitat much to their liking.

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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. of or characteristic of a cosmopolite. belonging to all the world; not limited to just one part of the world.

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   adjective. of worldwide scope or applicability. “an issue of cosmopolitan import”. synonyms: ecumenical, general, oecumenical, universal, world-wide, worldwide. comprehensive, overarching. including all or everything. adjective. growing or occurring in many parts of the world. “a cosmopolitan herb”.

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