cosmopolitan
pronunciation
How to pronounce cosmopolitan in British English:
UK [ˌkɒzməˈpɒlɪtən]
How to pronounce cosmopolitan in American English:
US [ˌkɑːzməˈpɑːlɪtən]
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- Noun:
- a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
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- Adjective:
- growing or occurring in many parts of the world
- composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests
- of worldwide scope or applicability
Word Origin
- cosmopolitan (adj.)
- 1844, from cosmopolite "citizen of the world" (q.v.) on model of metropolitan. The U.S. women's magazine of the same name was first published in 1886. Cosmopolitanism first recorded 1828.
Example
- 1. Yet it could use a more cosmopolitan mix of capital .
- 2. Dividing her time between china 's three most cosmopolitan cities has advantages .
- 3. Nationalist intellectuals use the language of the 1930s to rail against foreign capital and " cosmopolitan " influences .
- 4. And , crucially , they are growing more cosmopolitan with each passing year .
- 5. Every cultural project is emphatically cosmopolitan .