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Recent Examples of cosmopolitanism
Religiosity and nationalism have fused, displacing cosmopolitanism.
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Adam Louis-Klein,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2026
One of Singapore’s most attractive qualities is its cosmopolitanism, its openness to the world; Raffles embodies that spirit.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Mar. 2026
For all her cosmopolitanism, Schjerfbeck didn’t do much to dispel this.
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Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
For Iranians – particularly those in the diaspora – Googoosh symbolizes an era of cosmopolitanism in late-Pahlavi Iran, the period from the mid-1950s until 1979 when Iran’s popular music, cinema, television and fashion embraced modernity and questioned social norms.
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Richard Nedjat-Haiem,
The Conversation,
15 Jan. 2026
Buddhist culture and ideas, which spread across Asia through the trade routes and communication networks of an early urban cosmopolitanism, have long had a deep affinity with technoculture.
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Big Think,
18 Nov. 2025
Studying Latin taught me that contemporary anxieties about manliness and cosmopolitanism date back thousands of years.
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Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
The main obstacle will likely be the politics of immigration, where the tension between cosmopolitanism and national solidarity surfaces most clearly.
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Jeff D. Colgan,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Apr. 2017
Adam Louis-Klein,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2026
One of Singapore’s most attractive qualities is its cosmopolitanism, its openness to the world; Raffles embodies that spirit.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Mar. 2026
For all her cosmopolitanism, Schjerfbeck didn’t do much to dispel this.
—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
For Iranians – particularly those in the diaspora – Googoosh symbolizes an era of cosmopolitanism in late-Pahlavi Iran, the period from the mid-1950s until 1979 when Iran’s popular music, cinema, television and fashion embraced modernity and questioned social norms.
—
Richard Nedjat-Haiem,
The Conversation,
15 Jan. 2026
Buddhist culture and ideas, which spread across Asia through the trade routes and communication networks of an early urban cosmopolitanism, have long had a deep affinity with technoculture.
—
Big Think,
18 Nov. 2025
Studying Latin taught me that contemporary anxieties about manliness and cosmopolitanism date back thousands of years.
—
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
The main obstacle will likely be the politics of immigration, where the tension between cosmopolitanism and national solidarity surfaces most clearly.
—
Jeff D. Colgan,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cosmopolitanism
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Graffiti contained nearly everything: urbanity, fieriness, walls, glyphs.
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His music is, in the best sense, grown-up, proof that a gifted songwriter can tackle the headiest, heaviest topics, compressing a novel’s worth of ideas, intelligence, irony, urbanity, humor and ambivalence into four minutes.
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Archaeologists have discovered a huge Viking Age textile production site in Denmark that dates back more than 1,000 years and underlines the sophistication of Viking society.
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Pair these lightweight pants with chunky sneakers or wedge sandals for the ideal blend of comfort and sophistication.
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Fans of trivia like to say that caring so deeply about these facts at a time of disinformation and anti-intellectualism is an act of defiance—that picking up trivia is a way to keep knowledge from being disappeared.
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The mix of academic-level intellectualism and gross-out outrageousness fits the mood Riley wants to conjure.
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Directing a nonprofit leader toward entrepreneurship education and skills development could reasonably be argued to support an organization's broader operational mission.
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The values imparted to me throughout my public school education — equal opportunity, impartial justice, respect for expertise, basic honesty — have been abandoned by a new breed of politician that has turned governance itself into a blood sport.
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In sixteenth-century Italian pedante comedies, the Latin tutors—always the butt of the joke—are known more for the gaps in their knowledge than for their erudition.
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In her coda, Woo writes with great compassion and erudition about what can’t be found in archives, particularly the specifics of how Ellen Craft died.
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And in the years since, the Honeywells have quietly given back to the island, supporting the local arts community, food bank and animal shelter and giving scholarships through their foundation.
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Daniella Penaloza, a recent graduate of South Aiken High School in Aiken, was recently awarded the prestigious Evans Scholarship, a full college tuition and housing scholarship for golf caddies worth more than $125,000.
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Ramona Burress, a parent and former head of Kenwood’s Local School Council, helped revive the school’s parent fundraising group at the height of COVID, as many families struggled with access to food, housing and technology needed for remote learning.
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Alberto Carvalho, who led the nation’s second-largest school district, stepped down Sunday, saying his departure is intended to remove distraction from student learning.
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Longevity literacy matters in retirement planning.
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If primary schools should teach AI literacy to prepare children for the future, boards should demand AI fraud literacy in their companies now, to defend the present.
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