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cosmopolitanize, v.|kɒzməʊˈpɒlɪtənaɪz|
[f. cosmopolitan + -ize.]
a. trans. To make cosmopolitan.
b. intr. To act the cosmopolitan.
Hence cosmoˈpolitanized, cosmoˈpolitanizing ppl. adjs.
1876W. C. Russell Is he the Man? I. 19 If the army fails to cosmopolitanize a man there is no hope for him. 1883Pall Mall G. 24 Apr. 4/2 The cosmopolitanizing influences that have penetrated so many of the rural districts. 1891Sat. Rev. 1 Aug. 149/2 A cosmopolitanizing Radical. |