cosmopolitan en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From cosmopolit(e) + -an. Compare metropolitan and megalopolitan.
Meanings
- Inclusive; affecting the whole world.
- (of a place or institution) Composed of people from all over the world.
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(of a person) At ease in any part of the world; having a wide experience with many cultures.
The philosophy of cosmopolitanism underlies theories of global citizenship. Cosmopolitanism is the ability to balance a local and global identity. A cosmopolitan individual engages meaningfully with different cultures and feels at home in the world.
2013 November 25, Caroline Ferguson, “What kind of global citizens are teachers creating?”, in The Guardian:
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Growing or living in many parts of the world; widely distributed.
Domestication and the evolution of anthrophilic traits in houseflies and some drosophilids have allowed certain species to attain cosmopolitan status.
2005, David K. Yeates, Brian M. Wiegmann, The Evolutionary Biology of Flies, page 372:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more cosmopolitan | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most cosmopolitan | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Afrocosmopolitan · Afropolitan · ultracosmopolitan · cosmopolitanist · cosmopolitanness · subcosmopolitan · cosmopolitanise · noncosmopolitan · countrypolitan · cosmopolitanism · cosmopolitanly · cosmopolitanize
Translations (58)
uk космополіти́чний (at ease in any part of the world) · be касмапаліты́чны (growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed) · be касмапаліты́чны (at ease in any part of the world) · bg космополи́тен (composed of people from all over the world) · de weltbürgerlich (growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed) · gd os-nàiseanta (composed of people from all over the world) · ru космополити́ческий (composed of people from all over the world) · pt cosmopolitano (growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed) · yi קאָזמאָפּאָליטיש (composed of people from all over the world) · hu kozmopolita (composed of people from all over the world) · pt cosmopolita (at ease in any part of the world) · hu világpolgári (at ease in any part of the world) · fi kansainvälinen (composed of people from all over the world) · cmn 大都会的 (composed of people from all over the world) · de weltbürgerlich (at ease in any part of the world) · he קוסמופוליטי (composed of people from all over the world) · pt cosmopolitano (at ease in any part of the world) · hu kozmopolita (at ease in any part of the world) · kk космополиттік (composed of people from all over the world) · ru космополити́ческий (at ease in any part of the world) · it cosmopolita (composed of people from all over the world) · pl kosmopolityczny (growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed) · gv yl-çheeragh (composed of people from all over the world) · fi maailmankansalainen (at ease in any part of the world) · pt cosmopolitano (composed of people from all over the world) · ru космополити́чный (at ease in any part of the world) · he כלל־עולמי (composed of people from all over the world) · fr cosmopolite (at ease in any part of the world) · ca cosmopolita (growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed) · bg космополи́тен (at ease in any part of the world) · fr cosmopolite (composed of people from all over the world) · bg космополи́тен (growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed) · pt cosmopolita (growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed) · pl kosmopolityczny (composed of people from all over the world) · be касмапаліты́чны (composed of people from all over the world) · ru космополити́чный (growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed) · fi yleismaailmallinen (growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed) · gv yl-çheeragh (at ease in any part of the world) · pl kosmopolityczny (at ease in any part of the world) · uk космополіти́чний (growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed) · de kosmopolitisch (composed of people from all over the world) · cmn 四海为家的 (at ease in any part of the world) · ru космополити́чный (composed of people from all over the world) · cmn 世界性的 (composed of people from all over the world) · es cosmopolita (composed of people from all over the world) · fr cosmopolite (growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed) · lo ພົນລະໂລກ (composed of people from all over the world) · pt cosmopolita (composed of people from all over the world) · ca cosmopolita (at ease in any part of the world) · de kosmopolitisch (at ease in any part of the world) · de kosmopolitisch (growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed) · fi kosmopoliittinen (at ease in any part of the world) · uk космополіти́чний (composed of people from all over the world) · it cosmopolita (at ease in any part of the world) · de weltbürgerlich (composed of people from all over the world) · gv yl-çheeragh (growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed) · mk космопо́литски (composed of people from all over the world) · ca cosmopolita (composed of people from all over the world)