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cos⋅mo⋅pol⋅i⋅tan
[koz-muh-pol-i-tn] 
məˈpɒl
–adjective
| 1. | free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world. |
| 2. | of or characteristic of a cosmopolite. |
| 3. | belonging to all the world; not limited to just one part of the world. |
| 4. | Botany, Zoology. widely distributed over the globe. |
–noun
| 5. | a person who is free from local, provincial, or national bias or attachment; citizen of the world; cosmopolite. |
Related forms:
cos⋅mo⋅pol⋅i⋅tan⋅ism, noun
cos⋅mo⋅pol⋅i⋅tan⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
1. sophisticated, urbane, worldly.
1. sophisticated, urbane, worldly.
Antonyms:
1. provincial, parochial.
1. provincial, parochial.
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| cos·mo·pol·i·tan (kŏz'mə-pŏl'ĭ-tn) adj.
cos'mo·pol'i·tan·ism n. |
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Cosmopolitan
Cos`mo*pol"i*tan\ (-p?l"?-tan), Cosmopolite \Cos*mop"o*lite\ (k?z-m?p"?-l?t), n. [Gr. ???; ko`smos the world + ??? citizen, ??? city: cf. F. cosmopolitain, cosmopolite.] One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.Cosmopolitan
Cos`mo*pol"i*tan\, Cosmopolite \Cos*mop"o*lite\, a. 1. Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal. In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite. --Sir W. Hamilton. 2. Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world. The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan. --R. Owen.
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Language Translation for : cosmopolitan
Spanish:
cosmopolita,
German:
weltbürgerlich,
Japanese:
国際的な
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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cosmopolitan cos·mo·pol·i·tan (kŏz'mə-pŏl'ĭ-tn)
adj.
Growing or occurring in many parts of the world; widely distributed. n.
A cosmopolitan organism.
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