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Recent Examples of cosmopolitanism
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.
—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
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
Noun
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Advertisement Mamdani’s vision of an equitable, affordable urbanity emerges as a challenge to this long history of abandonment and exclusion.—
Fahad Zuberi,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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In Otsuki’s collection, elements of the Japanese salaryman mixed with the urbanity of Gere’s Julian Kay create a compelling blend of references that ultimately play to each designer’s strength.—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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SuperSoft Fleece Half-Zip Marrying the roominess of a classic zip-up with the sophistication of a collared shirt, this style is all about relaxation thanks to the stretchy Tencel modal, spandex, and polyester-blend material.—
Michelle Baricevic,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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Blackpink singer and The White Lotus star exuded sultry sophistication in a black sheer Jacquemus gown with billowing sleeves accented with tassels, along with Intimissimi underpinnings.—
Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
11 Jan. 2026
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Also, Dustin’s girlfriend is at his level and an equal, a testimony to his airy intellectualism.—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
26 Nov. 2025
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Look, this isn’t a lament against intellectualism.—
Mara Reinstein,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Nov. 2025
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Julia Mejia arguably received the most favorable committee chairmanship of Worrell’s supporters, with education.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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Summit speakers explored the current landscape of business and industry across health care, child care, education, manufacturing and development sectors, by discussing trends, challenges and opportunities shaping the region’s economy.—
Marianne Love,
Daily News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Gene would use the erudition as a weapon on Ebert and vice versa.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Nov. 2025
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In a better world, novels of this level of sophistication, beauty, erudition, ambiguity, and play would come along more frequently and dominate the literary discourse.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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The Razorbacks have as many as 30 scholarship players in the portal, and a small handful have already announced their destinations.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
6 Jan. 2026
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The story follows a young woman, a lifelong swimmer and Olympic hopeful, who accepts a college swimming scholarship in Texas in order to escape an abusive father and an alcoholic, suicidal mother.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Without norms that support learning, accountability, and adaptation, insight is treated as advisory rather than actionable.—
Katerin Le Folcalvez,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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The district will not move to e-learning, which is only allowed for severe weather, but will continue to collaborate with the city and other partners on emergency preparedness and response, the news release says.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Wiesner-Smillie has nothing but praise for this longtime volunteer, who has not only committed so much one-on-one tutoring time but also holds fun literacy games for all the students during their morning breaks at the center.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Jan. 2026
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The Associated Press receives support from Charles Schwab Foundation for educational and explanatory reporting to improve financial literacy.—
Adriana Morga,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Cosmopolitanism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cosmopolitanism. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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