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(satellite adjective) of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience" |
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Synonyms: ecumenical, general, oecumenical, universal, worldwide |
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(adjective) composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world ; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests; "his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds"- T.B. Macaulay; "the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt"; "that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks" |
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Antonyms: provincial |
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(adjective) (ecology) growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution" |
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Synonyms: widely distributed |
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Antonyms: endemic |
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(noun) a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries |
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Synonyms: cosmopolite |
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Related Words: globetrotter, man of the world, sophisticate, world traveler |
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