cosmopoliten.adj.
/kɒzˈmɒpəlʌɪt/, /kɒzˈmɒpl̩ʌɪt/, U.S. /kɑzˈmɑpəˌlaɪt/ A. n.† 3. A man of this world, a worldling. Obsolete.
1. A ‘citizen of the world’; one who regards or treats the whole world as his country; one who has no national attachments or prejudices.Common in the 17th cent.; but apparently revived early in the 19th cent., and often contrasted with patriot, and so either reproachful or complimentary. To this 19th cent. revival nearly all the derivatives belong.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > nationalism > [noun] > cosmopolitanism > person
citizen of the world1583
worldling1586
cosmopolite?c1622
cosmopolitan1642
citizen of nature1745
citizen1849
1577 J. Dee Gen. Mem. Arte Nauig. 54 To fynde hym self, Cosmopolites: A Citizen..of the..one Mysticall City Vniuersall; And so, consequently, to meditate of the Cosmopoliticall Gouernment therof.]
?c1622 E. Bolton Hypercritica (1722) 241 Thou standest charged with a fourfold Duty. 1. As a Christian Cosmopolite. 2. As a Christian Patriot..3. As a Christian Subject..4. As a Christian Paterfamilias.
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ vi. lx. 90 I came tumbling out into the World a pure Cadet, a true Cosmopolite, not born to Land, Lease, House or Office.
1657 W. Rumsey Organon Salutis (1659) Ep. Ded. 15 He who findes out any thing conducing to humane health, is the best Cosmopolite.
1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vi. ii. 84 He was one of those vagabond Cosmopolites who shirk about the world, as if they had no right or business in it.
1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 190 You..have merged the patriot in the cosmopolite.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 332 Some had passed a great part of their lives abroad, and..were mere cosmopolites.
1885 Ld. Tennyson Hands all Round 3 That man's the best Cosmopolite, Who loves his native country best.
2. transferred. A plant or animal at home in all parts of the world. So of proverbs, legends, or the like.
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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > distribution > [noun] > native (all over the world)
native1690
cosmopolite1832
cosmopolitan1952
1832 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 2) II. 101 Some species of the vulture tribe are said to be true cosmopolites.
1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 37 Sea-Rocket..A cosmopolite.
1853 R. C. Trench On Lessons in Proverbs 42 There are others [proverbs]..which we meet all the world over. True cosmopolites, they seem..to have made themselves an home equally in all [lands].
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worldliness > worldly person
world-manOE
worldling1549
worldly wiseman1561
cosmopolite1614
worldly wiseling1681
1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket iv. 166 The vanitie of carnall ioyes, the varietie of vanities, are as bitter to vs, as pleasant to the Cosmopolite or worldling.
1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 80 The Devill..hath an Incorporation of Cosmopolites, an Host of Lucre-worms.
B. adj.
= cosmopolitan adj.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > nationalism > [adjective] > cosmopolitan
cosmopolite1809
cosmopolitic1824
cosmopolitan1844
international1866
the world > life > biology > balance of nature > distribution > [adjective]
mundane1844
cosmopolite1852
cosmopolitan1860
vagile1903
sympatric1904
endemic1905
overdispersed1940
allopatric1942
society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > nationalism > [adjective] > cosmopolitan > belonging to all parts of the world
cosmopolitic1824
cosmopolitan1848
cosmopolite1872
1809 Naval Chron. 22 201 Compunctious visitings of..cosmopolite patriots.
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II 1553 These are cosmopolite species.
1858 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VI. liii. 139 His doctrines were essentially cosmopolite.
1872 W. Bagehot Physics & Polit. (1876) 177 The existence of a cosmopolite Church.
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