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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cos•mo•pol•i•tan /ˌkɑzməˈpɑlɪtən/USA pronunciation adj. - of or relating to the whole world, or to a great part of it:the cosmopolitan nature of international agreements.
- belonging to all the world;
not limited to one part of the world:a cosmopolitan world view. - worldly;
sophisticated:the cosmopolitan customer who demands the very best.
n. [countable] - a person free from local or national bias:a cosmopolitan who had lived in several countries.
cos•mo•pol•i•tan•ism, n. [uncountable]See -cosm-, -polis-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cos•mo•pol•i•tan (koz′mə pol′i tn),USA pronunciation adj. - free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments;
at home all over the world. - of or characteristic of a cosmopolite.
- belonging to all the world;
not limited to just one part of the world. - Botany, Zoologywidely distributed over the globe.
n. - a person who is free from local, provincial, or national bias or attachment;
citizen of the world;
cosmopolite.
- cosmopolite + -an 1835–45
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . sophisticated, urbane, worldly.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . provincial, parochial.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cosmopolitan /ˌkɒzməˈpɒlɪtən/ n - a person who has lived and travelled in many countries, esp one who is free of national prejudices
adj - having interest in or familiar with many parts of the world
- sophisticated or urbane
- composed of people or elements from all parts of the world or from many different spheres
Etymology: 17th Century: from French, ultimately from Greek kosmopolitēs, from kosmo- cosmo- + politēs citizenˌcosmoˈpolitanism n |