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cosmopolitan - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'cosmopolitan' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cosmopolitan [ a.]
- Alt. of Cosmopolite
2 . Cosmopolitan [ n.]
- Alt. of Cosmopolite

Meaning of 'cosmopolitan' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cosmopolitan [ a]
Meaning (1):
- growing or occurring in many parts of the world
Example in sentence:
  • a cosmopolitan herb;
  • cosmopolitan in distribution
Meaning (2):
- composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests
Example in sentence:
  • his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds;
  • that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks;
  • the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt
3 . cosmopolitan [ s]
Meaning (3):
- of worldwide scope or applicability
Example in sentence:
  • an issue of cosmopolitan import;
  • the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time;
  • universal experience

Nearby Words:

coscinomancy coscoroba cosecant cosen cosenage cosening cosentient cosey cosher cosherer

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