Definition of cosmopolitan Cosmopolitan

/kɑˌzmʌpɑˈlʌtʌn/ - [kazmupalutun] - cos•mo•pol•i•tan

We found 15 definitions of cosmopolitan from 6 different sources.

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What does cosmopolitan mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: cosmopolitans

cosmopolitan - a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
  cosmopolite
  man of the world, sophisticate a worldly-wise person

Adjective

cosmopolitan - of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience"
  ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-wide
  comprehensive including all or everything; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education"
cosmopolitan - 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"
  provincial characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes"
cosmopolitan - growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution"
  widely distributed
  bionomics, environmental science, ecology the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • cosmopolitan (Noun)
    A cosmopolitan person; a cosmopolite.
  • cosmopolitan (Noun)
    A cocktail containing vodka, triple sec , lime juice and cranberry juice .
  • cosmopolitan (Adjective)
    all-inclusive; affecting the whole world.
  • cosmopolitan (Adjective)
    Composed of people from all over the world.
  • cosmopolitan (Adjective)
    At ease in any part of the world.
  • cosmopolitan (Adjective)
    growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • cosmopolitan (n.)
    Alt. of Cosmopolite
  • cosmopolitan (a.)
    Alt. of Cosmopolite

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • cosmopolitan
    A sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • cosmopolitan
    koz-mo-pol′i-tan, n. a citizen of the world: one free from local or national prejudices—also Cosmop′olite.—adj. belonging to all parts of the world: unprejudiced.—ns. Cosmopol′itanism, Cosmop′olitism, Cosmopol′icy (Shelley).—adjs. Cosmopol′itic, -polit′ical. [Gr. kosmopolitēskosmos, and politēs, a citizen—polis, a city.]

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