cosmopolitan

²cosmopolitan

adj

Definition of COSMOPOLITAN

1

: having worldwide rather than limited or provincial scope or bearing

2

: having wide international sophistication : worldly

3

: composed of persons, constituents, or elements from all or many parts of the world

4

: found in most parts of the world and under varied ecological conditions <a cosmopolitan herb>

— cos·mo·pol·i·tan·ism \-tə-ˌni-zəm\ noun

Examples of COSMOPOLITAN

1. Greater cultural diversity has led to a more cosmopolitan attitude among the town's younger generations.
2. the cosmopolitan taste of the store's customers
3. It's one of the country's more cosmopolitan cities.

First Known Use of COSMOPOLITAN

1798

Related to COSMOPOLITAN

Synonyms: worldly–wise, smart, sophisticated, worldly

Antonyms: guileless, ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve), unsophisticated, untutored, unworldly, wide-eyed

Related Words: suave, urbane; civilized, cultivated, cultured, polished, refined; experienced, knowing, practiced, schooled, seasoned; bored, cynical, jaded, skeptical; down-to-earth, pragmatic (also pragmatical), realistic, sober

Near Antonyms: callow, green, inexperienced, raw; parochial, provincial, rustic (also rustical); philistine, uncivilized, uncultured, unrefined; childlike, simple, simpleminded; idealistic, impractical; uncritical, unknowing

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Other Sociology Terms

bourgeois, ethos, eugenics, exurb, incommunicado, intelligentsia, megalopolis, metrosexual, mores, subculture

Rhymes with COSMOPOLITAN

metropolitan, Neapolitan