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Cosmopolitan Common

Cosmopolitan has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries

"After years of living abroad, she became such a cosmopolitan that ordering wine from any corner of the world felt completely familiar to her."

2

A cosmopolitan person; a cosmopolite.

"After years of living in Tokyo, London, and Cairo, she has become truly cosmopolitan, effortlessly blending into any crowd regardless of the city's local customs."

Adjective
1

growing or occurring in many parts of the world

"a cosmopolitan herb"

"cosmopolitan in distribution"

2

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"

"the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt"

"that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks"

3

of worldwide scope or applicability

"an issue of cosmopolitan import"

"the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"

"universal experience"

4

inclusive; affecting the whole world.

"The hotel's restaurant has become a cosmopolitan hub where guests from every continent gather to share their unique culinary traditions."

Example Sentences
"a cosmopolitan herb" adjective
"cosmopolitan in distribution" adjective
"his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds" adjective
"the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt" adjective
"that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks" adjective
"an issue of cosmopolitan import" adjective
"the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time" adjective
"universal experience" adjective
Related Terms
Antonyms
endemic provincial
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sophisticate
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
globetrotter
Rhyming Words
tan etan stan utan rotan witan matan hotan cutan istan natan ratan butan wotan satan lotan estan octan kitan altan
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