cosmopolisn.

Brit.

/kɒzˈmɒpəlɪs/, U.S.

/kɑzˈmɑpələs/

Etymology: < Greek κόσμος + πόλις, after cosmopolite n. and adj.: see cosmo- comb. form and -polis comb. form.

The (capital) city of the world; a cosmopolitan city or community.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > chief town or capital city > cosmopolitan

world city1848

cosmopolis1892

Weltstadt1892

1892 Daily News 20 Dec. 5/5 ‘Paris,’ says the ‘Patrie’, ‘has become the great cosmopolis.’

1918 A. Gray tr. R. Grelling Crime II. vi. 391 They would not at any price have their Fatherland a Cosmopolis.

1922 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 365 The well of English untainted by the infiltrations of cosmopolis [sc. London].

1964 C. Vereker Devel. Polit. Theory (ed. 2) i. 35 The cosmopolis or world city with its life of virtue was the old polis, purified, idealized and writ large.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cosmopolis
释义	cosmopolisn. Brit. /kɒzˈmɒpəlɪs/, U.S. /kɑzˈmɑpələs/ Etymology: < Greek κόσμος + πόλις, after cosmopolite n. and adj.: see cosmo- comb. form and -polis comb. form. The (capital) city of the world; a cosmopolitan city or community. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > chief town or capital city > cosmopolitan world city1848 cosmopolis1892 Weltstadt1892 1892 Daily News 20 Dec. 5/5 ‘Paris,’ says the ‘Patrie’, ‘has become the great cosmopolis.’ 1918 A. Gray tr. R. Grelling Crime II. vi. 391 They would not at any price have their Fatherland a Cosmopolis. 1922 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 365 The well of English untainted by the infiltrations of cosmopolis [sc. London]. 1964 C. Vereker Devel. Polit. Theory (ed. 2) i. 35 The cosmopolis or world city with its life of virtue was the old polis, purified, idealized and writ large. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892
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