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Cosmopolitan

Cosmopolitan Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cosmopolitan? [n] a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries [adj] of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience" [adj] composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests; "his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds"- T.B. Macaulay; "the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt"; "that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks" [adj] (ecology) growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cosmopolitan: comprehensive \| cosmopolite \| ecumenical \| general \| oecumenical \| sophisticated \| traveled \| travelled \| universal \| urbane \| widely distributed \| worldwide Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cosmopolitan: all-comprehending \| all-comprehensive \| all-covering \| all-embracing \| all-encompassing \| all-filling \| all-including \| all-inclusive \| allover \| all-pervading \| blase \| braw \| broad \| broad-gauged \| broad-minded \| catholic \| chic \| citizen \| citizen by adoption \| city slicker \| civic \| civil \| classy \| clothes-conscious \| common \| communal \| cosmopolite \| country-wide \| dapper \| dashing \| dressed to advantage \| dressed to kill \| ecumenic \| ecumenical \| ecumenistic \| elegant \| experienced \| exquisite \| galactic \| general \| genteel \| hyphenate \| hyphenated American \| immigrant \| international \| jaunty \| knowing \| man of experience \| man-about-town \| mature \| matured \| metic \| national \| natty \| naturalized citizen \| neat \| nifty \| nobby \| nondenominational \| noninsular \| nonnative citizen \| nonsectarian \| not born yesterday \| old \| planetary \| posh \| practiced \| public \| recherche \| ripe \| ripened \| ritzy \| sagacious \| seasoned \| sharp \| sleek \| slicker \| smart \| smug \| snazzy \| social \| societal \| soigne \| soignee \| sophisticate \| sophisticated \| spacious of mind \| spiffy \| spruce \| state \| style-conscious \| subject \| supranational \| swank \| swanky \| swell \| total \| traveled \| tricksy \| tried \| tried and true \| trig \| trim \| unbigoted \| unfanatical \| unhidebound \| universal \| unparochial \| unprovincial \| veteran \| well-dressed \| well-groomed \| well-traveled \| wide \| wide-minded \| worldly \| worldly-wise \| world-wide \| world-wise See Also \| globetrotter \| man of the world \| sophisticate \| world traveler Cosmopolitan In Webster's Dictionary \Cos`mopol"itan\ (-p?l"?-tan), Cosmopolite \Cos`mopol"itan\, Cosmopolite \Cosmop"olite\, a. 1. Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal. In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite. --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world. The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan. --R. Owen.

Cosmopolitan Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cosmopolitan?

[n] a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
[adj] of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience"
[adj] composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests; "his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds"- T.B. Macaulay; "the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt"; "that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks"
[adj] (ecology) growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution"

See Also | globetrotter | man of the world | sophisticate | world traveler

Cosmopolitan In Webster's Dictionary

\Cos`mo*pol"i*tan\ (-p?l"?-tan), Cosmopolite


\Cos`mo*pol"i*tan\, Cosmopolite \Cos*mop"o*lite\,
a.
1. Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from
   local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal.

         In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively
         national, in Germany it is certainly too
         cosmopolite.                          --Sir W.
                                               Hamilton.

2. Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of
   the world.

         The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan.     --R. Owen.

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