as in cosmopolitan
a person with the outlook, experience, and manners thought to be typical of big city dwellers
having sung in opera houses all over the world, she has the confident demeanor of a seasoned cosmopolite
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Recent Examples of cosmopolite
In one scene, the function of food as a status symbol for globe-trotting cosmopolites becomes clear.
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Amelia Lester, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2018
Born in France into a Turkish family, Shafak, 46, is the ultimate modern cosmopolite.
—John Timpane, Philly.com, 24 Jan. 2018
The Gersons named their building Ballinhaus as a monument to the country’s late cosmopolite-in-chief.
—Yuliya Komska, Smithsonian, 10 Oct. 2017
That vaudevillian public disdain for East Coast intellectuals, Ivy League blue bloods, cosmopolites — all of it started with Nixon.
—Jennifer Senior, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2017
Amelia Lester, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2018
Born in France into a Turkish family, Shafak, 46, is the ultimate modern cosmopolite.
—John Timpane, Philly.com, 24 Jan. 2018
The Gersons named their building Ballinhaus as a monument to the country’s late cosmopolite-in-chief.
—Yuliya Komska, Smithsonian, 10 Oct. 2017
That vaudevillian public disdain for East Coast intellectuals, Ivy League blue bloods, cosmopolites — all of it started with Nixon.
—Jennifer Senior, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cosmopolite
Noun
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Is whiskey a man’s spirit, while women are only allowed to sip cosmopolitans?—
Jessi Roti,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
19 May 2025
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The season’s final scene was with Seema (Choudhury) and Carrie drinking cosmopolitans on the beach in Greece.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Friend is Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s class-conscious lament for how urban sophisticates (Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, and a Great Dane) deny but can’t escape spiritual obligations.—
Armond White,
National Review,
9 July 2025
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How things have changed: My interlocutor was one member of a large and diverse constituency of urban sophisticates who espouse comparable positions, not infrequently in the same gratingly defiant terms.—
Ian Volner,
Artforum,
28 May 2025
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“Cosmopolite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cosmopolite. Accessed 17 Jul. 2025.
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