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cosmopolitan


I - noun
a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
Syn:
cosmopolite
Hypernyms:
sophisticate, man of the world
Hyponyms:
globetrotter, world traveler

II - adjective
1. growing or occurring in many parts of the world
- a cosmopolitan herb
- cosmopolitan in distribution
Syn:
widely distributed
Ant:
endemic
Topics:
ecology, bionomics, environmental science
2. composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world;
especially not provincial in attitudes or interests
- "his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds"- T.B. Macaulay
- the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt
- that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks
Ant:
provincial
Similar to:
traveled, travelled
3. of worldwide scope or applicability
- an issue of cosmopolitan import
- "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley
- universal experience
Syn:
ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-wide
Similar to:
comprehensive
Derivationally related forms:
universalize (for: universal), universe (for: universal), universality (for: universal)

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