COSMOPOLITANISM Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

cosmopolitanism

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Definition of cosmopolitanism

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Recent Examples of cosmopolitanism Religiosity and nationalism have fused, displacing cosmopolitanism. — 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

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Noun

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.

— New York Times, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Catherine’s house doesn’t evoke Hyde Park brownstones, or even urbanity, so much as some generic Midwest vista, which is not right for this play.

— Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026

Definition of urbanity

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These critiques were amplified by Black content creators and the general social media audience, who took issue with the genre’s Eurocentric portrayal of knowledge and intellectualism.

— Sophia Zhang, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026
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.

— Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026

Definition of intellectualism

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Ellis said the county and Atlanta’s school board need that tax revenue to fund services like hospitals, courts and childhood education over the next three decades.

— Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 16 July 2026
But they're all connected by a love for adventure and a fascination with science—they're here to enjoy Lindblad's iconic education component that frequently sets the company apart from other expedition cruise lines.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026

Definition of education

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The acclaimed author of The Invention of Nature, Andrea Wulf brings erudition and flair to Forster’s peripatetic career as teenaged crewman on Captain Cook’s global voyage.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
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.

— Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026

Definition of erudition

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Garza was the first player Kris Richardson offered a scholarship to at Sacramento State after landing the position as offensive line coach with the Hornets in 2019.

— Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
Players were being given partial scholarships and coaches had to project who might leave or stay after the amateur draft.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Definition of scholarship

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The researchers also compared their approach with existing reinforcement learning and hierarchical control methods.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
And travel guru Rick Steves reminded us that jet lag is not something that simply has a learning curve.

— Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026

Definition of learning

Noun

That economic mobility is also why WeBuild is focused on homeownership and provides financial literacy classes.

— Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026
The state has 13 children’s services councils that collect tax money for programs like literacy support, water safety, healthcare and career readiness.

— Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

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