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 Definitions of cosmopolitan  [ˌkɒz məˈpɒl ɪ tn]  

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Definition of 'cosmopolitan' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) cosmopolitan
belonging to all the world; not limited to the politics, interests, or prejudices of one part of the world.

2.  cosmopolitan
of or characteristic of a cosmopolite; worldly; sophisticated.

3.  cosmopolitan
(of an animal, plant, etc.) widely distributed over the globe.

4. (n.) cosmopolitan
a person who is free from local, provincial, or national bias or attachment; citizen of the world; cosmopolite.

Etymology:  (1835–45; cosmopolite+-an1)

Definition of 'cosmopolitan' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) cosmopolitan, cosmopolite
a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries

2. (adj) cosmopolitan, widely distributed
growing or occurring in many parts of the world
"a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution"

3. (adj) cosmopolitan
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"

4. (adj) cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-wide
of worldwide scope or applicability
"an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience"


Definition of 'cosmopolitan' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) cosmopolitan
alt. of Cosmopolite

2. (noun) cosmopolitan
alt. of Cosmopolite


Translation of 'cosmopolitan' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: belonging to all parts of the world
The population of London is very cosmopolitan.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kosmopolitaans Arabic flag Arabic: عالَمي،مُكَوَّن مِن أجناس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: космополитен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cosmopolita Czech flag Czech: kosmopolitní German flag German: weltbürgerlich
Danish flag Danish: kosmopolitisk; verdens- Greek flag Greek: κοσμοπολίτικος Spanish flag Spanish: cosmopolita
Estonian flag Estonian: kosmopoliitne Farsi flag Farsi: متعلق به اقصا نقاط دنیا Finnish flag Finnish: kosmopoliittinen
French flag French: cosmopolite Hebrew flag Hebrew: קוֹסמוֹפּוֹלִיטִי Hindi flag Hindi: सार्वदेशिक
Croatian flag Croatian: kozmopolitski, svjetski Hungarian flag Hungarian: kozmopolita Indonesian flag Indonesian: kosmopolitan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: alþjóðlegur Italian flag Italian: cosmopolita Japanese flag Japanese: 国際的な
Korean flag Korean: 세계인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: įvairiatautis, kosmopolit Latvian flag Latvian: kosmopolītisks
Malay flag Malay: kosmopolitan Dutch flag Dutch: kosmopolitisch Norwegian flag Norwegian: kosmopolitisk, verdens-
Polish flag Polish: kosmopolityczny Persian flag Persian: متعلق به اقصا نقاط دنیا Pashto flag Pashto: دنيائى، جهانى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cosmopolita Romanian flag Romanian: cosmopolit Russian flag Russian: многонациональный
Slovak flag Slovak: kozmopolitný Slovenian flag Slovenian: svetovljanski Serbian flag Serbian: kosmopolitski
Swedish flag Swedish: kosmopolitisk Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งประกอบด้วยหลายส่วนทั่ Turkish flag Turkish: kozmopolit, birçok kültür
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 來自世界各地的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: космополітичний Urdu flag Urdu: هرديسى، جهاں گشت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: toàn thế giới Chinese flag Chinese: 全世界的,世界性的

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