COSMOPOLITANISM Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

cosmopolitanism

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Definition of cosmopolitanism

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Recent Examples of cosmopolitanism Public shows of cosmopolitanism can only go so far, as Livraria Lello itself demonstrates. — Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 18 July 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

Noun

How did a society just getting to grips with the alphabet produce works of such sophistication?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Many can only be visited with a guide, who’ll bring the paintings to life by explaining their symbolism and the remarkable sophistication of the people who created them.

— Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of sophistication

Noun

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

Noun

Tech use was at the heart of most public comments made before the district’s first board of education meeting of the school year Monday evening.

— Julianna Mejia July 23, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
The education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, is also yet to publicly comment on Monday’s protests.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

Definition of education

Noun

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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Nearly 1,100 students applied and more than 300 students received scholarships to Indiana schools in the competitive program.

— Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
In high-demand districts, lawmakers wondered whether their scholarships even make a difference.

— Jay A. Perman, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2026

Definition of scholarship

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What’s more, some creators already build pathways toward peer connection, mutual aid, learning, advocacy, and shared purpose.

— Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
James and her team say there’s no excuse for not finding students with the learning disability and giving them a diagnosis.

— Samuel O’Neal July 22, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026

Definition of learning

Noun

In fact, the Wall Street Journal even links to a news literacy learning site, and The New York Times has an extensive Ethical Journalism guide with lots of detail.

— Rey Ramsey, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Ackman has tried to do his part for financial literacy, posting a YouTube video that promises to relate the essentials of finance and investing in under an hour.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026

Definition of literacy

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