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From cosmopolite + -an. Compare metropolitan and megalopolitan.
cosmopolitan (comparative more cosmopolitan, superlative most cosmopolitan)
- Inclusive; affecting the whole world.
- (of a place or institution) Composed of people from all over the world.
- (of a person) At ease in any part of the world; familiar with many cultures.
2013 November 25, Caroline Ferguson, “What kind of global citizens are teachers creating?”, in The Guardian[1]:
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.
- (biology, ecology) Growing or living in many parts of the world; widely distributed.
2005, David K. Yeates, Brian M. Wiegmann, The Evolutionary Biology of Flies, page 372:
Domestication and the evolution of anthrophilic traits in houseflies and some drosophilids have allowed certain species to attain cosmopolitan status.
composed of people from all over the world
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Belarusian: касмапаліты́чны (kasmapalitýčny)
- Bulgarian: космополитен (bg) (kosmopoliten)
- Catalan: cosmopolita
- Chinese:
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: kansainvälinen (fi)
- French: cosmopolite (fr)
- German: kosmopolitisch (de), weltbürgerlich
- Hebrew: כלל־עולמי m (klal-olamí), קוסמופוליטי (he) m (kosmopolíti)
- Hungarian: kozmopolita (hu)
- Italian: cosmopolita (it)
- Macedonian: космопо́литски (kosmopólitski)
- Manx: yl-çheeragh
- Polish: kosmopolityczny (pl) m
- Portuguese: cosmopolita (pt), cosmopolitano
- Russian: космополити́чный (ru) (kosmopolitíčnyj), космополити́ческий (ru) (kosmopolitíčeskij)
- Scottish Gaelic: os-nàiseanta
- Spanish: cosmopolita (es)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: космополіти́чний (kosmopolitýčnyj)
- Yiddish: קאָזמאָפּאָליטיש (kozmopolitish)
at ease in any part of the world
growing in many parts of the world; widely distributed
Translations to be checked
cosmopolitan (plural cosmopolitans)
- A cosmopolitan person; a cosmopolite.
1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 3, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 25:
'She is extremely rich. A cosmopolitan.'
- A cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice and cranberry juice.
- Synonym: (clipping) cosmo
- (Canada, US, dated) A butterfly of species Vanessa cardui.
- Synonyms: cosmopolite, painted lady
- A moth of species Leucania loreyi.
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- cosmopolitan (drink)